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Variability of CAG tandem repeats in exon 1 of the androgen receptor gene is not related with dog intersexuality.
Animal reproduction science - 1 Feb 2010
Nowacka-Woszuk J, Switonski M
Abstract excerpt
Numerous mutations of the human androgen receptor (AR) gene cause an intersexual phenotype, called the androgen insensitivity syndrome. The intersexual phenotype is also quite often diagnosed in dogs. The aim of this study was to conduct a comparative analysis of the entire coding sequence (eight exons) of the AR gene in healthy and four intersex dogs, as well as in three other canids (the red fox, arctic fox and...
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