- Institution/s: Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Saarbrücken, Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 110
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Diana MOŢOC, Elena SERRANO BERTOS, Rosario HERRERO, Verónica ARNÁIZ UZQUIZA
- Creation / modification date: 01-02-2014
- Term: sex-determining region of the Y
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Y-borne gene required for male sex determination.
- Context: A separate sex-determining region of the Y (SRY) has been isolated which seems likely to be the testis-determining gene.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Remission: sin, hermaphrodite Fuente: FAUSTO-STERLING, A. (2000). The five sexes, revisited. SCIENCES-NEW YORK-,40, 18-25. Recuperado el 26 de abril de: http://thesaurus.infoplease.com/intersex
- Sources:
- Term: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition (p. 95).
- Definition: MITCHELL, C.L. & HARLEY, V.R. (2002), “Biochemical defects in eight SRY missense mutations causing XY gonadal dysgenesis”, Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 77:3 (p. 217-225)
- Context: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition (p. 95).
- Images:
Hake, L. & O'Connor, C. (2008) “Genetic mechanisms of sex determination”. Nature Education 1(1):25”,
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