Open AccessThe effect of androgenic substances on the growth of the teat and mammary gland in the immature male guinea-pig
Author(s) -
A. C. Bottomley,
S. J. Folley
Publication year - 1938
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series b, biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9193
pISSN - 0080-4649
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.1938.0053
Subject(s) - mammary gland , estrous cycle , biology , physiology , hormone , medicine , duct (anatomy) , endocrinology , guinea pig , anatomy , cancer , breast cancer
It is commonly believed that in most species of mammals the mammary gland in the male remains rudimentary throughout life and consists only of a duct system at the base of the teat, which itself remains smaller than in the pubertal female. Nevertheless, there is no doubt whatever that the male mammary gland is equipotential with that of the female as regards its capability of responding to the growth stimulus of ovarian hormones, and consequently the male has been extensively used in studies of the experimental development of the mammary gland (see numerous citations by Nelson 1936).
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