Gonad development: assembling the mammalian testis.
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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Wellcome/CRC Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QR, UK.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008322:Mammals; D013737:Testis / Q000196:embryology*