Ontogeny of hypothalamo-adenohypophyseal
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Woods, James E. ;Thommes, Robert C.
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Article
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1984
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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In the male chick embryo the components of the hypothalamo-adenohypophyseal-testicular axis initially function independently of each other. It is not until days 12.5-13.5 that the adenohypophysis begins to regulate testosterone synthesis and secretion; on day 13.5 plasma testosterone reaches a maxim