Sry: the master switch in mammalian sex determination
- 1 December 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by The Company of Biologists in Development
- Vol. 137 (23), 3921-3930
- https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.048983
Abstract
SRY, the mammalian Y-chromosomal testis-determining gene, induces male sex determination. Recent studies in mice reveal that the major role of SRY is to achieve sufficient expression of the related gene Sox9, in order to induce Sertoli cell differentiation, which in turn drives testis formation. Here, we discuss the cascade of events triggered by SRY and the mechanisms that reinforce the differentiation of the testes in males while actively inhibiting ovarian development.This publication has 95 references indexed in Scilit:
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