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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)
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(Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday July 04 2018, @12:27PM (2 children)
> there's nothing wrong with not procreating if you don't want to.
A corner case, which does not explain all the fuss about adoption by same-sex couples.
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(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Wednesday July 04 2018, @07:19PM (1 child)
Adoption is not procreation.
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(Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday July 04 2018, @08:37PM
It is the closer thing when you can't procreate. Inability which is a temporary condition, sure. In case in-vitro birth became doable without fuss and without manipulation of genetic material to produce a docile meatbag, the whole problem would cease AFAIC.
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