Sex determination: the fishy tale of Dmrt1

Curr Biol. 2003 Mar 4;13(5):R177-9. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(03)00117-9.

Abstract

The idea that the Dmrt1 gene provides a unifying sex-determining mechanism in non-mammalian vertebrates is left high and dry by recent observations in fish.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Oryzias / genetics*
  • Oryzias / metabolism
  • Sex Determination Processes*
  • Transcription Factors / genetics*
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism
  • Y Chromosome*

Substances

  • DMRT1 protein
  • Transcription Factors