Mammalian sex-determining genes.
The recent cloning of the Y-linked sex-determining gene SRY has ended one of the most notorious gene hunts in mammalian molecular genetics. Attention has now been turned to characterizing this gene further and studying how it acts as a switch in the choice of male or female developmental pathways.
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Centre for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008322:Mammals / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D016296:Mutagenesis; D012732:Sex Determination Analysis; D014960:X Chromosome; D014998:Y Chromosome