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Whole-genome de novo sequencing reveals genomic variants associated with differences of sex development in SRY negative pigs.
Biology of sex differences - 2 Sept 2024
Wu Jinhua, Tan Shuwen, Feng Zheng, Zhao Haiquan, Yu Congying, Yang Yin, Zhong Bingzhou, Zheng Wenxiao, Yu Hui, Li Hua
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BACKGROUND: Differences of sex development (DSD) are congenital conditions in which chromosomal, gonadal, or phenotypic sex is atypical. In more than 50% of human DSD cases, a molecular diagnosis is not available. In intensively farmed pig populations, the incidence of XX DSD pigs is relatively high, leading to economic losses for pig breeders. Interestingly, in the majority of 38, XX DSD pigs, gonads still...
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