Summary
Both macroscopic observation and in vitro culture experiments demonstrate that the temperature dependent retention of the Müllerian ducts in the male chick embryo is a reversible phenomenon.
Similarly, in vitro culture experiments show that the anti-Müllerian hormone is being secreted at high temperature.
Possible mechanisms for the insensitivity of the Müllerian duct to the hormone at high temperature are discussed.
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Weniger, JP., Thiébold, JJ. On the mechanism of the retention of the Müllerian ducts in the chick embryo incubated at a temperature above normal. Anat Embryol 163, 345–350 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00315710
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