Overview

In 1990 the SRY gene was isolated. This volume encompasses the knowledge and developmental processes involved in vertebrate sex determination since then. It studies five genes essential for early mammalian gondal development in detail: SF-1 and WT-1 and their roles in early events in gondal development; SRY and SOX9 in testis determination; and the anti-testis gene DAX-1. The book also covers the role of genes in sex determination in marsupial mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish. It reviews the different sex-determining mechanisms, genetic and environmental, that operate in different vertebrate classes.

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Author:   Gerd Scherer ,  Michael Schmid
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Imprint:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   2001 ed.
Volume:   91
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9783764361686

ISBN 10:   3764361689
Pages:   205
Publication Date:   01 March 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

The one-to-four rule and paralogues of sex-determining genes.- Genes essential for early events in gonadal development.- Sry, Sox9 and mammalian sex determination.- DAX-1, an “antitestis” gene.- Sex chromosomes and sex determining genes: insights from marsupials and monotremes.- An overview of factors influencing sex determination and gonadal development in birds.- Temperature-dependent sex determination and gonadal differentiation in reptiles.- Sex chromosomes, sex-linked genes, and sex determination in the vertebrate class Amphibia.- Endocrine and environmental aspects of sex differentiation in gonochoristic fish.

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