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Intersexual phenotypes and sex chromosome complements of five South American opossums (Monodelphis domestica).
Laboratory animal science - 1 Oct 1996
Robinson E S, VandeBerg J L, Watson C M, Dooley T P
Abstract excerpt
Intersexual opossums (Monodelphis domestica) from a large captive colony are described. These are the first naturally existing New World (didelphoid) intersexual marsupials for which reproductive phenotype and sex chromosome constitution are reported. One animal was XX, two were XY, and two were XO; all had lower body weight than normal males or females and the overall appearance of females. They were first...
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