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Minireview: transcriptional regulation of gonadal development and differentiation.
Endocrinology - 1 Mar 2005
Park Susan Y, Jameson J Larry
Abstract excerpt
The embryonic gonad is undifferentiated in males and females until a critical stage when the sex chromosomes dictate its development as a testis or ovary. This binary developmental process provides a unique opportunity to delineate the molecular pathways that lead to distinctly different tissues. The testis comprises three main cell types: Sertoli cells, Leydig cells, and germ cells. The Sertoli cells and germ...
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