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, Okumura, Leah M., Page, David C
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79949
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9920-3411