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The role of SOX9 in autosomal sex reversal and campomelic dysplasia.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 29 Nov 1995
Schafer A J, Dominguez-Steglich M A, Guioli S, Kwok C, Weller P A, Stevanovic M, Weissenbach J, Mansour S, Young I D, Goodfellow P N
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In eutherian mammals, the Y-chromosome gene SRY is required for induction of testis development. Although the Y chromosome is sex determining, loci located elsewhere in the genome participate in the complex cascade of genetic interactions required to form a testis. Male to female sex reversal (46,XY females) occurs at a high frequency in individuals afflicted with the skeletal malformation syndrome campomelic...
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