Genes and Mechanisms in Vertebrate Sex Determination
Following an opening chapter by the late Susumu Ohno on paralogues of sex-determining genes, the five best-studied genes essential for early mammalian gonadal development are portrayed in detail: SF-1 and WT1 and their roles in early events in gonadal...
Following an opening chapter by the late Susumu Ohno on paralogues of sex-determining genes, the five best-studied genes essential for early mammalian gonadal development are portrayed in detail: SF-1 and WT1 and their roles in early events in gonadal development, SRY and SOX9 in testis determination, and the anti-testis gene DAX-1. Subsequent chapters look at the roles of these genes in sex determination in marsupial mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish, and review the different sex-determining mechanisms, genetic and environmental, that operate in these different vertebrate classes. Two insights emerge: one, that the same basic set of genes appears to operate during early gonadal development in all vertebrates, despite the differences in mechanisms; the other, that sex determination in vertebrates results from a complex network of regulatory interactions and not from a simple hierarchical cascade of gene actions.
- 2001, 2001., 205 Seiten, 36 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 24 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben von Scherer, Gerd; Schmid, Michael
- Herausgegeben: Gerd Scherer, Michael Schmid
- Verlag: Springer
- ISBN-10: 3764361689
- ISBN-13: 9783764361686
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2001
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