In a new study published in Water Biology and Security, scientists from the Ocean University of China have constructed the first detailed cell map of the gonad in the hermaphroditic bay scallop ...

Early in fetal development, a mass of cells known as the bipotential gonad has the possibility of giving rise either to ovaries or testes, reproductive organs that contribute to many of the ...

Researchers have identified a gene which is an early determining factor of ovary development in mice. Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and the Université Cote d'Azur, together with other ...