Freemartin in the amphibian Pleurodeles waltl: parabiosis between individuals from opposite sex triggers both germ and somatic cells alterations during female gonad development.

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Wild type embryos of the newt Pleurodeles waltl were used to realize parabiosis, a useful model to study the effect of endogenous circulating hormones on gonad development. The genotypic sex of each parabiont (ZZ male or ZW female) was determined early from the analysis of the sex chromosome born...

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