Zachary R Lewis, Maryanne C McClellan, John H Postlethwait, William A Cresko, Robert H Kaplan

2008/8/1

Journal of morphology

269

8

909-921

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Abstract Gonadal sex differentiation is increasingly recognized as a remarkably plastic
process driven by species-specific genetic or environmental determinants. Among aquatic
vertebrates, gonadal sex differentiation is a frequent endpoint in studies of endocrine
disruption with little appreciation of underlying developmental mechanisms. Work in model
organisms has highlighted the diversity of master sex-determining genes rather than
uncovering any broad similarities prompting the highly conserved developmental decision ...