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Development of the Mouse Urogenital System

Main Author: Matt Kaufman, University of Edinburgh.
Other Contributors: Jamie Davies, Peter Koopman, Melissa Little, Cathy Mendelsohn, Gen Yamada, Andrew McMahon

Contents:

• Over-view of urogenital development
  
  
• Development of the murine urinary system
  • Development of the murine kidneys
  • Development of the murine bladder
  • Observations on urinary development obtained from the analysis of staged histologically sectioned mouse embryos
    
    
• Development of the murine reproductive system
  • Overview
  • Primordial germ cells
  • The indifferent gonad stage
  • The testis and its immediate drainage system
  • Development of the ovary and the internal genital duct system in the female
  • The development of the external genitalia
  • Observations on reproductive development obtained from the analysis of staged histologically sectioned mouse embryos

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