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XX true hermaphroditism in Southern African Blacks: Exclusion of SRY sequences and uniparental disomy of the X chromosome
2 Jan 1995
Abstract excerpt
A molecular investigation of 16 Bantu-speaking Black XX true hermaphrodites was undertaken in an attempt to determine the cause of the disorder. Y-specific sequences, including sequences mapping to the sex-determining region of the Y, were shown to be absent from lymphocyte tissue of all 16 patients tested. Y chromosome sequences were also absent from the ovarian and testicular components of both ovotestes of a...
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