Relevance of intersexuality to breeding and reproductive biotechnology programs; XX sex reversal in pigs

Theriogenology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-102

  Pailhoux, E ^a   Pelliniemi, L ^a,b   Barbosa, A ^a   Parma, P ^a   Kuopio, T ^a,c   Cotinot, C ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Laboratory of Electron Microscopy   (Finland)

^c Department of Pathology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Gonads; Intersexuality; Pig; Sex reversal; SRY

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRAIT; PHENOTYPE; SWINE;

BREEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE ISOLATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; NONHUMAN; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SWINE;

EID: 0030623298     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(96)00343-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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