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Sry-negative XX true hermaphroditism in a roe deer.
Animal reproduction science - 1 May 2009
Pajares G, Balseiro A, Pérez-Pardal L, Gamarra J A, Monteagudo L V, Goyache F, Royo L J
Abstract excerpt
A two-year-old roe deer was brought down in the course of a hunt in the north of Spain (Asturias). On physical examination the individual presented well-developed bared antlers, but surprisingly a female external genitalia. Several anatomical, histological and genetic analyses were performed in order to explain the observed phenotype. Necropsy evidenced ovary-like structures with follicles on the surface;...
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