Article
Mouse models for evaluating sex chromosome effects that cause sex differences in non-gonadal tissues.
Journal of neuroendocrinology - 1 Mar 2009
Arnold Arthur P
Abstract excerpt
XX and XY cells have a different number of X and Y genes. These differences in their genomes cause sex differences in the functions of cells, both in the gonads and in non-gonadal tissues. This review discusses mouse models that have shed light on these direct genetic effects of sex chromosomes that cause sex differences in physiology. Because many sex differences in tissues are caused by different effects of...
Topics
- Animals
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Gonadal Hormones
- Gonads
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Phenotype
- Sex Characteristics
- Sex Chromosome Aberrations
- Sex Chromosome Disorders
