Abnormalities of human sex determination.

doi:10.1007/BF01799610

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Abnormalities of human sex determination.

Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Jan 1992

Ferguson-Smith M A

Abstract excerpt

Cytogenetic and molecular studies in patients with abnormalities of sex determination have been the key to the isolation and investigation of candidates for the primary testis determining factor (TDF). A gene, SRY, isolated from the sex determining region of the Y chromosome within 5 kilobases of...

Topics

Animals
DNA-Binding Proteins
Disorders of Sex Development
Female
Humans
Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors
Male
Mutation
Transcription Factors
Y Chromosome

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