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The marsupial model for male phenotypic development.
Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM - 1 Mar 2002
Wilson Jean D, Shaw Geoffrey, Leihy Michael L, Renfree Marilyn B
Abstract excerpt
In all mammals, androgen formed in the developing testes is responsible for the aspects of male development in which the Wolffian ducts, urogenital sinus and urogenital tubercle are transformed into the epididymis/vas deferens, prostate and penis. That these events take place after birth in the marsupial makes it possible to examine male phenotypic development during pouch life. In the tammar wallaby, Macropus...
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