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Review
. 1998 Feb 26;8(5):R175-7.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70104-6.

Gonad development: assembling the mammalian testis

A McLaren  1
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Gonad development: assembling the mammalian testis

A McLaren. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Mammalian primordial germ cells migrate into gonads of either sex indiscriminately and may be functional even across a species barrier; but certain somatic cell lineages are attracted specifically into the male gonad and are absolutely required for the construction of the seminiferous cords of the testis.

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