Vertebrate sex determination: evolutionary plasticity of a fundamental switch
Vertebrate sex determination: evolutionary plasticity of a fundamental switch
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Sex determination in vertebrates is a highly plastic process that centres on the decision within the gonad to develop as a testis or ovary.
Regulation of this process has been co-opted by a diverse array of genetic and environmental upstream signals in mammals, birds, reptiles and fish.
Although many of the same genes are involv...
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Vertebrate sex determination: evolutionary plasticity of a fundamental switch
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1928782008
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1928782008
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1471-0056
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1471-0064
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10.1038/nrg.2017.60
