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During ovarian differentiation of bird embryos, ovaries grow faster than testes. The difference for mammals may reflect the sex chromosome constitution.
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MITTWOCH, U., NARAYANAN, T., DELHANTY, J. et al. Gonadal Growth in Chick Embryos. Nature New Biology 231, 197–200 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio231197a0
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