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Primary sex determination in birds depends on DMRT1 dosage, but gonadal sex does not determine adult secondary sex characteristics
In birds, males are the homogametic sex (ZZ) and females the heterogametic sex (ZW). Primary sex determination is thought to depend on a sex chromosome gene dosage mechanism, and the most likely sex determinant is the Z chromosome gene Doublesex and Mab-3–Related Transcription factor 1 (DMRT1). To c...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7958228/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33658372 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020909118 |