Sex determination and sex reversal

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-292

  Camerino, Giovanna ^a   Parma, Pietro ^a   Radi, Orietta ^a   Valentini, Stella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GONAD; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GONADS; HUMANS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33646521304     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2006.04.014     Document Type: Review

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