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