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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Female embryonic sexual development driven by universal factor
December 4th, 2008
A gene essential to the growth and development of most organ systems in the body also is vital to female – but not male – embryonic sexual development, scientists report this month. The study, from researchers at the University of Illinois and the University of Texas, appears in Human Molecular Genetics. The findings lend support to a controversial hypothesis about mammalian sexual development. In the beginning – in terms of their sexual organs – all embryos look alike, said Illinois veterinary biosciences professor Humphrey Yao, who led the study. "They have a common primordium, the foundation for both testis and ovary," he said....
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-12-04)
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