The dual origin of vaginal epithelium.
The absence of the cranial three-fifths of the vaginae of male mice carrying the gene, Testicular Feminization, provides strong support for the view that vaginal epithelium is of dual origin, the cranial three-fifths being of Mullerian in origin and the caudal two-fifths being derived from the urogenital sinus.
D013734:Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome; D000728:Androgens / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004967:Estrogens / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009095:Mullerian Ducts / Q000166:cytology; D012733:Sex Differentiation; D014521:Urethra / Q000196:embryology; D014566:Urogenital System / Q000196:embryology; D014621:Vagina / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000196:embryology*
D000728:Androgens; D004967:Estrogens