Sex determination and sex reversal: genotype, phenotype, dogma and semantics.

doi:10.1007/BF00219168

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Sex determination and sex reversal: genotype, phenotype, dogma and semantics.

Human genetics - 1 Jul 1992

Mittwoch U

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The genetic terminology of sex determination and sex differentiation is examined in relation to its underlying biological basis. On the assumption that the function of the testis is to produce hormones and spermatozoa, the hypothesis of a single Y-chromosomal testis-determining gene with a domina...

Topics

Animals
Disorders of Sex Development
Dosage Compensation, Genetic
Female
Genotype
Humans
Male
Marsupialia
Mice
Phenotype
Sex Determination Analysis
Sex Differentiation
Testis
X Chromosome
Y Chromosome

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