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Expression studies of the PIS-regulated genes suggest different mechanisms of sex determination within mammals.
Cytogenetic and genome research - 1 Jan 2003
Pannetier M, Servel N, Cocquet J, Besnard N, Cotinot C, Pailhoux E
Abstract excerpt
In mammals, the Y-located SRY gene is known to induce testis formation from the indifferent gonad. A related gene, SOX9, also plays a critical role in testis differentiation in mammals, in birds and reptiles. It is now assumed that SRY acts upstream of SOX9 in the sex determination cascade, but the regulatory link which should exist between these two genes remains unknown. Studies on XX sex reversal in polled...
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