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Effects of embryonic treatment with fadrozole on phenotype of gonads, syrinx, and neural song system in zebra finches.
General and comparative endocrinology - 1 Sept 1999
Gong A, Freking F W, Wingfield J, Schlinger B A, Arnold A P
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Previous studies have found that treatment of zebra finch embryos with an aromatase inhibitor on Day 5 or 8 of incubation caused partial sex reversal of gonadal phenotype in females. These females possessed both testicular and ovarian tissue, and the development of the neural circuit for song remained feminine. The present study attempted more complete gonadal reversal by treating zebra finch embryos earlier, on...
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