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Sex reversal in C57BL/6J XY mice caused by increased expression of ovarian genes and insufficient activation of the testis determining pathway.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jan 2012
Correa Stephanie M, Washburn Linda L, Kahlon Ravi S, Musson Michelle C, Bouma Gerrit J, Eicher Eva M, Albrecht Kenneth H
Abstract excerpt
Sex reversal can occur in XY humans with only a single functional WT1 or SF1 allele or a duplication of the chromosome region containing WNT4. In contrast, XY mice with only a single functional Wt1, Sf1, or Wnt4 allele, or mice that over-express Wnt4 from a transgene, reportedly are not sex-rever...
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