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Fertility of Y(TIR).B6 sex-reversal females with XX orthotopic ovarian transplants.
Biology of reproduction - 1 Dec 1999
Marmolejo-Valencia A, Nishioka Y, Moreno-Mendoza N, Merchant-Larios H
Abstract excerpt
When the Y chromosome of Mus musculus domesticus (Y(TIR)) was introduced onto the C57BL/6J (B6) mouse background, testis development was impaired and half of the XY progeny (Y(TIR).B6) developed a female phenotype. Y(TIR).B6 fetal ovaries showed massive death of medullary oocytes and, after birth, produced abnormal levels of steroid hormones, exhibited irregular estrous cycles, and failed to become fertile. In...
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