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  • Title: [Tamoxifen and sex differentiation of the gonads in chick embryo].
    Author: Weniger JP, Zeis A.
    Journal: Arch Anat Microsc Morphol Exp; 1984; 73(4):217-27. PubMed ID: 6537735.
    Abstract:
    Tamoxifen or 4-hydroxytamoxifen were injected either alone or in combination with oestradiol into 4-5 day-old chick embryos in order to study their action on the sex differentiation of the gonads. The results of the histological study of the gonads performed at the stage of 16-19 days warrant the following conclusions: None of both anti-oestrogens exerts an effect on the testes. None of both compounds modifies the sex differentiation of the female gonads. Tamoxifen exerts an antagonistic action on the feminization of the testes by oestradiol. These conclusions do not lend support to the hypothesis according to which oestrogens play a role in normal sex differentiation of the female gonads.
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