Gata4 Is Required for Formation of the Genital Ridge in Mice

In mammals, both testis and ovary arise from a sexually undifferentiated precursor, the genital ridge, which first appears during mid-gestation as a thickening of the coelomic epithelium on the ventromedial surface of the mesonephros. At least four genes (Lhx9, Sf1, Wt1, and Emx2) have been demonstr...

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Main Authors: Hu, Yueh-Chiang (Contributor), Okumura, Leah M. (Contributor), Page, David C (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor), Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Contributor), Page, David C. (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science, 2013-08-22T18:41:07Z.
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