The prostate gland and seminal vesicles are the major exocrine glands in the male
reproductive tracts of mammals. Although the morphology of these organs varies widely
among species, epithelial branching morphogenesis is a key feature of organ development
in most mammals including rodents and humans. Insight into the mechanisms that control
prostatic and seminal vesicle branching morphogenesis has come from experimental
embryological work as well as from the study of mice and humans harboring mutations that …