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A pericentric inversion in the cattle Y chromosome.
Cytogenetics and cell genetics - 1 Jan 2001
Iannuzzi L, Di Meo G P, Perucatti A, Eggen A, Incarnato D, Sarubbi F, Cribiu E
Abstract excerpt
Sixteen male Podolian cattle, two sires and their 14 male offspring, were investigated cytogenetically on the basis of a female-like phenotype found in one of them. Eleven male offspring, including the one with female traits, and one of the two sires were found to carry an abnormal Y chromosome which originated from a pericentric inversion of the proximal half of the Yq arm (Yq11-->q12.2), as demonstrated by both...
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