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The male pseudohermaphrodite XX polled goat is Zfy and Sry negative.
Hereditas - 1 Jan 1994
Just W, De Almeida C C, Goldshmidt B, Vogel W
Abstract excerpt
The Polled mutation of the goat is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. Homozygotes with a 60,XX karyotype develop into intersexes. We looked for the presence of Y-chromosomal sequences (Zfy and Sry) in a male pseudohermaphrodite polled goat by Southern blotting and PCR analysis. Molecular analysis revealed that this XX goat had no Sry sequence. It showed identical hybridization patterns, using the human SRY...
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