Article
Aromatase enzyme activity and sex determination in chickens.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 24 Jan 1992
Elbrecht A, Smith R G
Abstract excerpt
During development, the genotype of the zygote determines the nature of the gonad, which then determines the male or female phenotype. The molecular events underlying this process are just beginning to be defined. A single treatment of chicken embryos with an aromatase inhibitor (which blocks the synthesis of estrogen from testosterone) at a stage when their gonads were bipotential caused genetic females to...
Topics
- Animals
- Aromatase
- Aromatase Inhibitors
- Chick Embryo
- Chickens
- Estradiol
- Female
- Genitalia
- Male
- Phenotype
- Sex Determination Analysis
- Spermatogenesis