Nature 227, 1217 - 1219 (19 September 1970); doi:10.1038/2271217a0

X-linked Gene for Testicular Feminization in the Mouse

MARY F. LYON & SUSAN G. HAWKES

MRC Radiobiology Unit, Harwell, Berkshire

The condition of testicular feminization in mice resembles that in man and other mammals. It is clearly X-linked. There is no evidence at present that the gene for testicular feminization is involved in mouse spermatogenesis, at least up to the spermatocyte stage.

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