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Mutations of the SRY-responsive enhancer of SOX9 are uncommon in XY gonadal dysgenesis.
Sexual development : genetics, molecular biology, evolution, endocrinology, embryology, and pathology of sex determination and differentiation - 1 Jan 2010
Georg I, Bagheri-Fam S, Knower K C, Wieacker P, Scherer Gerd, Harley V R
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During mouse sex determination, SRY upregulates the core testis-specific enhancer of Sox9, TESCO. Mutations in human SRY are found in one third of cases with XY pure gonadal dysgenesis (XY GD; Swyer syndrome), while two thirds remain unexplained. Heterozygous SOX9 mutations can cause XY GD in ass...
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