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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 21.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Dyn. 2011 Dec 16;241(2):365–375. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.23710

TABLE 1.

Summary of Tbx2 Subfamily Gene Expression in the Embryonic and Postnatal, Pre-Pubertal Internal Reproductive Systema

E13.5

P0 P14 P16
Gene E9.5 E11.5 XY XX XY XY XX
Tbx2 we we Testis interstitiumb, we, mm Ovary, we Testis interstitiumb, epididymis Epididymis, seminal vesicle Oviduct
Tbx3 we we, wm we, wm, mm we, wm, mm Epididymis Epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicle Uterus
Tbx4 Absent Gonad gc in testis cords gc in ovary Absent Absent Oocytes
a

gc, germ cells; we, Wolffian duct epithelium; wm, Wolffian duct mesenchyme; mm, Müllerian duct mesenchyme.

b

Mesenchymal compartment.

c

Epithelial compartment.