SRY-negative, XX intersex horses: The need for pedigree studies to examine the mode of inheritance of the condition

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 78-81

  Buoen, L C ^a   Zhang, T Q ^a   Weber, A F ^b   Ruth, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autosomal inheritance; Equine intersex; Horse; SRY negative; XX chromosomes

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; HERMAPHRODITISM; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033628159     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516400777612071     Document Type: Article

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