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Intersex disorders: shedding light on male sexual differentiation beyond SRY.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Jan 1997
MacLean H E, Warne G L, Zajac J D
Abstract excerpt
Male sexual differentiation involves a cascade of events initiated by the presence on the Y chromosome of the SRY gene, which causes the indifferent gonad to develop into a testis. Hormonal products of the testis, predominantly testosterone and Müllerian inhibiting substance (MIS), then control the sexual differentiation of the developing foetus. SRY is a transcription factor; however, target genes for its action...
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