FISH mapping of the sex-reversal region on human chromosome 9p in two XY females and in primates

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 167-173

  Shan, Zhihong ^a,b   Zabel, Bernhard ^d   Trautmann, Udo ^d   Hillig, Ulrike ^d   Ottolenghi, Chris ^c   Wang, Yayu ^a,b   Haaf, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province   (China)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d Max Planck Inst of Molec Genetics ^*

Author keywords

Chromosome evolution; Comparative mapping; DMRT1; FISH; Monosomy 9p; XY sex reversal; YAC

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME 9P; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENDER; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERSTITIAL CHROMOSOME DELETION; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONKEY; MONOSOMY; NONHUMAN; PERICENTRIC CHROMOSOME INVERSION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TELOMERE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CEBIDAE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; ANIMALIA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES;

EID: 0034077305     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200431     Document Type: Article

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