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The Genetics and Biology of Sex Determination

Derek J. Chadwick (Editor), Jamie A. Goode (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-470-84346-8
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280 pages
April 2002
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Chair's Introduction (R. Short).

Sex-determining genes in mice: building pathways (R. Lovell-Badge, et al.).

Early gonadal development: exploring Wtl and Sox9 function (J. Guo, et al.).

General Discussion I: The mechanism of action of SRY.

Anomalies of human sexual development: clinical aspects and genetic analysis (E. Vilain).

The molecular action of testis-determining factors SRY and SOX 9 (V. Harley).

Concerted regulation of gonad differentiation by transcription factors and growth factors (T. Suzuki, et al.).

General Discussion II.

Evolution of the testis-determining gene - the rise and fall of SRY (Marshall Graves).

A Comparative Analysis of vertebrate Sex Determination (A. Sinclair, et al.).

Invertebrates may not be so different after all (D. Zarkower).

The hormonal control of sexual development (M. Renfree, et al.).

Genetic studies of MIS signalling in sexual development (S. Jamin, et al.)

Social regulation of the brain: sex, size and status (R. Fernald).

The battle of the sexes: opposing pathways in sex determination (H. Hung-Chang Yao, et al).

General Discussion III: True Hermaphroditism and the Formation of the Ovotestis.

The evolution of chromosomal sex determination (B. Charlesworth).

The molecular genetic jigsaw puzzle of vertebrate sex determination and its missing pieces (G. Scherer).

Expression-based strategies for discover of genes involved in testis and ovary development (P. Koopman, et al.).

Final General Discussion.

Index of Contributors.

Subject Index.

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