Sex determination in mammalian germ cells
Germ cells are the precursors of the sperm and oocytes and hence are critical for survival of the species. In mammals, they are specified during fetal life, migrate to the developing gonads and then undergo a critical period during which they are instructed, by the soma, to adopt the appropriate sex...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2015-06-01
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Series: | Asian Journal of Andrology |
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Online Access: | http://ajandrology.com/article.asp?issn=1008-682X;year=2015;volume=17;issue=3;spage=427;epage=432;aulast=Spiller |