Environmental Sex Determination Mechanisms in Reptiles

Formation of the genital ridges is preceded by a domain of ectopic Sox9-expressing cells in Lepidochelys olivacea

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Cbx2, a Polycomb Group Gene, Is Required forSryGene Expression in Mice

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DMRT1 prevents female reprogramming in the postnatal mammalian testis

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Estrogen represses SOX9 during sex determination in the red-eared slider turtle Trachemys scripta

(2010) Lindsey A. Barske et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The mechanism of sex determination in vertebrates-are sex steroids the key-factor?

(2010) Masahisa Nakamura   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Gonadal Morphogenesis and Gene Expression in Reptiles with Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination

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Somatic Sex Reprogramming of Adult Ovaries to Testes by FOXL2 Ablation

(2009) N. Henriette Uhlenhaut et al.   CELL

Cloning and expression of R-Spondin1 in different vertebrates suggests a conserved role in ovarian development

(2008) Craig A Smith et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Sex determination involves synergistic action of SRY and SF1 on a specific Sox9 enhancer

(2008) Ryohei Sekido et al.   NATURE

Steroid signaling and temperature-dependent sex determination—Reviewing the evidence for early action of estrogen during ovarian determination in turtles

(2008) Mary Ramsey et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Analyzing the coordinated gene network underlying temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles

(2008) Christina M. Shoemaker et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Genetic evidence for co-occurrence of chromosomal and thermal sex-determining systems in a lizard

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