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A Comprehensive Atlas of the Adult Mouse Penis.
Sexual development : genetics, molecular biology, evolution, endocrinology, embryology, and pathology of sex determination and differentiation - 1 Jan 2015
Phillips Tiffany R, Wright David K, Gradie Paul E, Johnston Leigh A, Pask Andrew J
Abstract excerpt
Mice are routinely used to study the development of the external genitalia and, in particular, the process of male urethral closure. This is because misplacement of the male penile urethra, or hypospadias, is amongst the most common birth defects reported in humans. While mice present a tractable model to study penile development, several structures differ between mice and humans, and there is a lack of consensus...
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