A two-step model for sexual differentiation

Androgens/pharmacology; Animals; Estrogens/pharmacology; Female; Forecasting; Male; Models, Biological; Quail/embryology/physiology; Sex Characteristics; Sex Differentiation/drug effects; Sexual Behavior, Animal/physiology; Time Factors

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Zoology
Neurosciences & behavior
Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology

Author, co-author :

Balthazart, Jacques ; Université de Liège - ULiège > > Biochimie générale et comparée

Schumacher, Michael

Language :

English

Title :

A two-step model for sexual differentiation

Publication date :

1986

Journal title :

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

ISSN :

0077-8923

eISSN :

1749-6632

Publisher :

New York Academy of Sciences

Volume :

474

Pages :

308-24

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