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Adrenal Cortex Differences in Male and Female Mice

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THE sex difference in the adrenal cortex of mice, first described by Masui and Tamura1 and later studied histologically and experimentally by Howard-Miller2 and by Deanesly3, has since been the subject of a number of publications4,5,6. Various far-reaching theories have been put forward, in spite of the fact that no other species so far studied shows the same histological distinction between male and female adrenals.

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    RUTH DEANESLY

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DEANESLY , R. Adrenal Cortex Differences in Male and Female Mice. Nature 141, 79 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141079a0

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