Germ Cells Are Not Required to Establish the Female Pathway in Mouse Fetal Gonads

Danielle M. Maatouk; Lindsey Mork; Ashley Hinson; Akio Kobayashi; Andrew P. McMahon; Blanche Capel

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047238

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Germ Cells Are Not Required to Establish the Female Pathway in Mouse Fetal Gonads

Danielle M. Maatouk,

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Lindsey Mork,

Current address: Broad CIRM Center, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Ashley Hinson,

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Akio Kobayashi,

Current address: Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Andrew P. McMahon,

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Blanche Capel

* E-mail: blanche.capel@duke.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Germ Cells Are Not Required to Establish the Female Pathway in Mouse Fetal Gonads

Danielle M. Maatouk,
Lindsey Mork,
Ashley Hinson,
Akio Kobayashi,
Andrew P. McMahon,
Blanche Capel

Published: October 16, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047238

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