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Male mice grow ovaries instead of testes if they are missing a small region of DNA that doesn't contain any genes, finds a new paper published in Science.
The study, led by researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, could help explain disorders of sex development in humans, at least half of which have an unknown genetic cause.
Mammals will develop ovaries and become females unless the early sex organs have enough of a protein called SOX9 at a key stage in their development. SOX9 causes these organs to become testes, which then direct the rest of the embryo to become male.
Sex reversal following deletion of a single distal enhancer of Sox9 (DOI: 10.1126/science.aas9408) (DX)
(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 04 2018, @04:59AM (1 child)
Sometimes I guess it's good to see that some "expert" researchers rediscover what was learned long long ago.
I've not seen the 98% # or "junk DNA" used this way for a long time. Most of the world even has known that there are parts of our DNA which have effects that we are very dependent upon. Though the specifics are still relevant to study. Just don't over state the well known parts.
Who is sorting and reviewing these submissions??
(Score: 4, Touché) by maxwell demon on Wednesday July 04 2018, @06:58AM
Such as the specific that this specific non-coding sequence affects your sex.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.