Left-Right Asymmetry in Chicken Embryonic Gonads
Avian embryos have reproductive organs with unique characteristics. In female, the gonads develop asymmetrically: the left gonad generates a functional ovary, whereas the right gonad and associated embryonic oviduct (Müllerian duct) regress. In males, however, both left and right gonads develop in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Japan Poultry Science Association
2014-10-01
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| Series: | The Journal of Poultry Science |
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/51/4/51_0140032/_pdf/-char/en |