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    Rooster Feathering, Androgenic Alopecia, And Hormone-Dependent Tumor Growth: What Is In Common?

    December 2004 in “ Differentiation ”
    Julie Ann Mayer, Cheng-Ming Chuong, Randall B. Widelitz
    Studysummary This article reviews the interaction between sex hormone pathways and morphogenesis-related signaling in epithelial organ development, using a chicken model to propose testable hypotheses, but reports no new clinical results.
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