Histological Observation on the Female Prostate in Mongolian Gerbils (<I>Meriones unguiculatus</I>)

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  • INOMATA Tomoo
    <I>Department of Laboratory Animal Science Azabu University School of Veterinary Medicine</I>
  • NINOMIYA Hiroyoshi
    <I>Department of Laboratory Animal Science Azabu University School of Veterinary Medicine</I>
  • SOMIYA Hiroaki
    <I>Research Institute of Biosciences, Azabu University School of Veterinary Medicine</I>
  • SAITO Hiroshi
    <I>Laboratory of Biomedical Science, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University</I>
  • MOCHIZUKI Koshi
    <I>Laboratory of Biomedical Science, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University</I>

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  • 雌スナネズミ前立腺の組織学的観察

Abstract

In Mongolian gerbils, prostatic buds were found in female fetuses at the 23th day of gestation. In the mothers the well-developed prostate gland consisting of a paired lobes was situated on either side of the neck of the bladder.

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  • Experimental Animals

    Experimental Animals 41 (3), 383-386, 1992

    Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science

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