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Wolffian duct

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noun

(sometimes lowercase)
  1. a duct, draining the mesonephros of the embryo, that becomes the vas deferens in males and vestigial in females.


Etymology

Origin of Wolffian duct

1875–80; named after K. F. Wolff; see -ian

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At the same time, testosterone secretion stimulates growth of the male tract, the Wolffian duct.

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Testosterone secretion stimulates growth of the male tract, the Wolffian duct.

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Without such sustentacular cell secretion, the Müllerian duct will develop; without testosterone, the Wolffian duct will degrade.

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Without these stimuli, the Müllerian duct will develop and the Wolffian duct will degrade, resulting in a female embryo.

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In all the Gnathostomes the Wolffian duct is converted into the spermaduct, and the Mullerian duct into the oviduct.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

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