The role of sex chromosomes in mammalian germ cell differentiation: can the germ cells carrying X and Y chromosomes differentiate into fertile oocytes?
The sexual differentiation of germ cells into spermatozoa or oocytes is strictly regulated by their gonadal environment, testis or ovary, which is determined by the presence or absence of the Y chromosome, respectively. Hence, in normal mammalian development, male germ cells differentiate in the pre...
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| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Asian Journal of Andrology |
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| Online Access: | http://ajandrology.com/article.asp?issn=1008-682X;year=2015;volume=17;issue=3;spage=360;epage=366;aulast=Taketo |