 Wolffian Ducts
"Wolffian Ducts" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A pair of excretory ducts of the middle kidneys (MESONEPHROI) of an embryo, also called mesonephric ducts. In higher vertebrates, Wolffian ducts persist in the male forming VAS DEFERENS, but atrophy into vestigial structures in the female.
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D014928
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A16.935
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| Concept/Terms |
Wolffian Ducts- Wolffian Ducts
- Ducts, Wolffian
- Mesonephric Ducts
- Duct, Mesonephric
- Ducts, Mesonephric
- Mesonephric Duct
- Wolffian Duct
- Duct, Wolffian
Gartner Ducts- Gartner Ducts
- Ducts, Gartner
- Gartner's Ducts
- Ducts, Gartner's
- Gartners Ducts
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wolffian Ducts" by people in Profiles.
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Bunce C, McKey J, Capel B. Concerted morphogenesis of genital ridges and nephric ducts in the mouse captured through whole-embryo imaging. Development. 2021 09 15; 148(18).
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Vajda AM, Norris DO. Effects of steroids and dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) on the developing wolffian ducts of the tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2005 Mar; 141(1):1-11.
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Licht P, Hayes T, Tsai P, Cunha G, Kim H, Golbus M, Hayward S, Martin MC, Jaffe RB, Glickman SE. Androgens and masculinization of genitalia in the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta). 1. Urogenital morphology and placental androgen production during fetal life. J Reprod Fertil. 1998 May; 113(1):105-16.
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