Genotype-phenotype correlations in XX males and their bearing on current theories of sex determination.

doi:10.1007/BF00208942

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Genotype-phenotype correlations in XX males and their bearing on current theories of sex determination.

Human genetics - 1 Jan 1990

Ferguson-Smith M A, Cooke A, Affara N A, Boyd E, Tolmie J L

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Clinical, chromosomal and molecular studies of a group of 15 XX males confirm the presence of two main groups. A Y + ve group of ten patients exhibit sex reversal as the result of transfer of the distal end of the short arm of the Y chromosome, including testis determining factors, to the short a...

Topics

Genotype
Humans
Karyotyping
Klinefelter Syndrome
Male
Phenotype
Sex Determination Analysis

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