Mutations in the RSPO1 coding region are not the main cause of canine SRY-negative XX sex reversal in several breeds

Sexual Development

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 84-95

  De Lorenzi, L ^a   Groppetti, D ^b   Arrighi, S ^c   Pujar, S ^d   Nicoloso, L ^a   Molteni, L ^a   Pecile, A ^b   Cremonesi, F ^b   Parma, P ^a   Meyers Wallen, V ^d  

^a Section of the Faculty of Agriculture Science   (Italy)

^b Reproduction Unit   (Italy)

^c Laboratory of Anatomy ^*  (Italy)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dog; Hermaphrodite; XX male

Indexed keywords

TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; THROMBOSPONDIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREED; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; EVALUATION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOTYPE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HOMOZYGOSITY; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RSPO1 GENE; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SRY GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; BREEDING; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DOGS; EXONS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; TESTIS; THROMBOSPONDINS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 46049113085     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000129693     Document Type: Article

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