Sex Reversal At Biology Glossary

What is it? A syndrome known in humans and mice in which chromosomally XX individuals develop as males. In some cases, sex reversal is now known to be due to the translocation of the testis-determining region of the Y chromosome to the tip of the X chromosome in such individuals.

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