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Evolution of the sex-determining gene in the teleostean genus Oryzias.
General and comparative endocrinology - 1 Dec 2016
Matsuda Masaru, Sakaizumi Mitsuru
Abstract excerpt
In the genetic sex determination of vertebrates, the gonadal sex depends on the combination of sex chromosomes that a zygote possesses. Despite the discovery of the sex-determining gene (SRY/Sry) in mammals in 1990s, the sex-determining gene in non-mammalian vertebrates remained an enigma for over a decade. In most mammals, the male-inducing master sex-determining gene is located on the Y chromosome and is...
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