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3392179

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-8-12
pubmed:abstractText
Data on human testis size, although scanty and suffering from lack of standardization, suggest the existence of marked ethnic differences, testes being larger in Caucasian than in Oriental populations. According to the cytogenetic evidence, the most frequent sex chromosome constitution found in Caucasian and African black true hermaphrodites is XX, while XY hermaphroditism seems to be more prevalent in Japan. Based on genetic data on testis size in mice, on embryological findings on the timing of gonadal differentiation in the gonads of XX and XY mammalian fetuses, as well as on a recent model of the genetics of gonadal differentiation, it is postulated that genes for large testis size predispose to XX hermaphroditism and those for small testis size to XY hermaphroditism.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0268-1161
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
445-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Ethnic differences in testis size: a possible link with the cytogenetics of true hermaphroditism.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics and Biometry, University College London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article