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DSDs: genetics, underlying pathologies and psychosexual differentiation.
Nature reviews. Endocrinology - 1 Oct 2014
Arboleda Valerie A, Sandberg David E, Vilain Eric
Abstract excerpt
Mammalian sex determination is the unique process whereby a single organ, the bipotential gonad, undergoes a developmental switch that promotes its differentiation into either a testis or an ovary. Disruptions of this complex genetic process during human development can manifest as disorders of sex development (DSDs). Sex development can be divided into two distinct processes: sex determination, in which the...
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