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Homozygous inactivation of Sox9 causes complete XY sex reversal in mice.
Biology of reproduction - 1 Jan 2006
Barrionuevo Francisco, Bagheri-Fam Stefan, Klattig Jürgen, Kist Ralf, Taketo Makoto M, Englert Christoph, Scherer Gerd
Abstract excerpt
In the presence of the Y-chromosomal gene Sry, the bipotential mouse gonads develop as testes rather than as ovaries. The autosomal gene Sox9, a likely and possibly direct Sry target, can induce testis development in the absence of Sry. Sox9 is thus sufficient but not necessarily essential for testis induction. Mutational inactivation of one allele of SOX9/Sox9 causes sex reversal in humans but not in mice....
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