• 1 January 1983
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 297  (5) , 247-250
Abstract
Female gonads from rat fetuses, explanted in the presence of dibutyryl cAMP, produce 17.beta.-estradiol from 14.5 days gestation onward. Production of 17.beta.-estradiol can also be obtained with different .DELTA.5-steroids on day 16 and a half pc. [post-conception].