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A gene mapping to the sex-determining region of the mouse Y chromosome is a member of a novel family of embryonically expressed genes

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A gene mapping to the sex-determining region of the mouse Y chromosome is deleted in a line of XY female mice mutant for Tdy, and is expressed at a stage during male gonadal development consistent with its having a role in testis determination. This gene is a member of a new family of at least five mouse genes, related by an amino-acid motif showing homology to other known or putative DNA-binding domains.

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Gubbay, J., Collignon, J., Koopman, P. et al. A gene mapping to the sex-determining region of the mouse Y chromosome is a member of a novel family of embryonically expressed genes. Nature 346, 245–250 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/346245a0

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