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Record 1 2007-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

Role of chromosome Y in sex determination. [PASCAL: Presse médicale (La) : (1983), 1991, 20 (12) 539-540]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
DEF

Mecanismo por el que se establece el sexo de un organismo.

CONT

La determinación del sexo en los mamíferos tiene lugar por la presencia o no del cromosoma Y. Individuos con el cromosoma Y son machos y sin este cromosoma son hembras. Hay un gen en el cromosoma Y responsable del sexo masculino.

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