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Positional cloning of the PIS mutation in goats and its impact on understanding mammalian sex-differentiation.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 1 Jan 2005
Pailhoux Eric, Vigier Bernard, Schibler Laurent, Cribiu Edmond P, Cotinot Corinne, Vaiman Daniel
Abstract excerpt
In goats, the PIS (polled intersex syndrome) mutation is responsible for both the absence of horns in males and females and sex-reversal affecting exclusively XX individuals. The mode of inheritance is dominant for the polled trait and recessive for sex-reversal. In XX PIS-/- mutants, the express...
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