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Estrogen regulates development of the somatic cell phenotype in the eutherian ovary.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Sept 2002
Britt Kara L, Kerr Jeff, O'Donnell Liza, Jones Margaret E E, Drummond Ann E, Davis Susan R, Simpson Evan R, Findlay Jock K
Abstract excerpt
Steroids play a critical role in gonadal differentiation in birds, reptiles, and amphibia whereas gonadal differentiation in mammals is thought to be determined by genetic mechanisms. The gonads of female mice incapable of synthesizing estrogens due to disruption of the aromatase gene (ArKO) provide a unique model to test the role of estrogen in regulating the gonadal phenotype. We have shown that in the absence...
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