title: Deletion 9p and sex reversal.
abstract: We report a case of a female infant with a de novo deletion of the short arm of chromosome 9, sex reversal, and an apparently intact SRY gene. Sex reversal has been reported in a number of subjects with a normal Y chromosome and a deletion of the terminal segment of the short arm of chromosome 9. The factors controlling early development of the male testes are unknown. There are likely to be many genes involved and we present additional evidence that one of these is situated on the end of the short arm of chromosome 9.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Genetics, Leeds General Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Docherty
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Robb
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ramani
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hawkins
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development; D005260:Female; D006061:Gonadal Dysgenesis, 46,XY / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA