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Knowledge concerning the embryogenesis of the adrenal is essential to the correct interpretation of the pathologic processes which affect this gland. The following review is offered to augment the few reports in the literature on the adrenal of the mouse (Waring 1935; Politzer 1936; McPhail and Read 1942; Rugh 1968; Fernholm 1971; Theiler and Miintener 1974). The most detailed studies are those of Theiler and Miintener (1974), who examined embryos of C57BL/6 and CBA mice. The embryos ranged in age from 10.5 days post gestation to birth; the specimens were serially sectioned. Theiler (1972) also reported on the embryogenesis of other organs of the laboratory mouse based on studies in which serial sectioning techniques were used. In his study, embryogenesis of the adrenal gland cortex and medulla were discussed in relation to the embryogenesis of the other organs.
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Sass, B. (1996). Embryology, Adrenal Gland, Mouse. In: Jones, T.C., Capen, C.C., Mohr, U. (eds) Endocrine System. Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60996-1_45
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