Timeline
Kenneth McElreavey
Head of Structure
30 Mar 2024
27 Feb 2023
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Anomalies in Human Sex Determination: Usefulness of a Combined Cytogenetic Approach to Characterize an Additional Case with Xp Functional Disomy Associated with 46,XY Gonadal Dysgenesis.
Read more20 Jan 2023
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New publication – In vitro cellular reprogramming to model gonad development and its disorders
Read more11 Jan 2023
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Additional evidence for the role of chromosomal imbalances and SOX8, ZNRF3 and HHAT gene variants in early human testis development.
Read more04 Jan 2023
01 Jan 2023
27 Sep 2022
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Novel homozygous inactivating mutation in the luteinizing hormone receptor gene (LHCGR) associated with 46, XY DSD in a Moroccan family.
Read more01 Jan 2022
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Disorders of Sex Development in a Large Ukrainian Cohort: Clinical Diversity and Genetic Findings.
Read more01 Jan 2022
01 Jan 2022
01 Jan 2022
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Novel Genomic Variants, Atypical Phenotypes and Evidence of a Digenic/Oligogenic Contribution to Disorders/Differences of Sex Development in a Large North African Cohort.
Read more01 Jan 2022
01 Sep 2021
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Can leukocytospermia predict prostate cancer via its effects on mitochondrial DNA?
Read more01 Sep 2021
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Further report of MEDS syndrome: Clinical and molecular delineation of a new Tunisian case.
Read more01 Jun 2021
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Advances in genomic diagnosis of a large cohort of Egyptian patients with disorders of sex development.
Read more10 Mar 2021
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Atypical Clinical Presentation of Persistent Müllerian Duct Syndrome in Siblings.
Read more01 Jan 2021
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Expanding DSD Phenotypes Associated with Variants in the DEAH-Box RNA Helicase DHX37.
Read more01 Jan 2021
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Peripheral Precocious Puberty of Ovarian Origin in a Series of 18 Girls: Exome Study Finds Variants in Genes Responsible for Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism.
Read more01 Jan 2021
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Oligogenic Inheritance Underlying Incomplete Penetrance of PROKR2 Mutations in Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism.
Read more16 Jun 2020
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Testis formation in XX individuals resulting from novel pathogenic variants in Wilms’ tumor 1 (WT1) gene.
Read more12 Sep 2019
12 Sep 2019
24 Jul 2019
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Pathogenic variants in the DEAH-box RNA helicase DHX37 are a frequent cause of 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis and 46,XY testicular regression syndrome
Read more06 May 2019
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The TALE homeodomain of PBX1 is involved in human primary testis-determination
Read more01 Oct 2018
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GENETICS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY: Approaches to molecular genetic diagnosis in the management of differences/disorders of sex development (DSD): position paper of EU COST Action BM 1303 ‘DSDnet’
Read more22 Aug 2018
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Mutant NR5A1/SF-1 in patients with disorders of sex development shows defective activation of the SOX9 TESCO enhancer
Read more07 May 2018
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ZNRF3 functions in mammalian sex determination by inhibiting canonical WNT signaling
Read more01 Apr 2018
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Mutations involving the SRY-related gene SOX8 are associated with a spectrum of human reproductive anomalies
Read more22 Feb 2018
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Loss of Function of the Nuclear Receptor NR2F2, Encoding COUP-TF2, Causes Testis Development and Cardiac Defects in 46,XX Children.
Read more21 Dec 2017
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A Novel Homozygous Missense Mutation in the FU-CRD2 Domain of the R-spondin1 Gene Associated with Familial 46,XX DSD
Read more01 Jul 2017
01 Feb 2017
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Anomalies in human sex determination provide unique insights into the complex genetic interactions of early gonad development
Read more01 Dec 2016
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A recurrent p.Arg92Trp variant in steroidogenic factor-1 (NR5A1) can act as a molecular switch in human sex development
Read more03 Nov 2015
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A Nonsense Mutation in the Hedgehog Receptor CDON Associated With Pituitary Stalk Interruption Syndrome
Read more20 Oct 2015
07 Jun 2015
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Identification of key components of the human sex-determination pathway. The DSD genome project.
Read more07 Jun 2015
25 May 2015
11 May 2015
21 Apr 2015
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Refining the regulatory region upstream of SOX9 associated with 46,XX testicular disorders of sex development (DSD)
Read more23 Mar 2015
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Genetic mutations and somatic anomalies in association with 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis
Read more06 Mar 2015
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Sperm global DNA methylation level: association with semen parameters and genome integrity
Read more27 Nov 2014
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Etiology of primary ovarian insufficiency in a series young girls presenting at a pediatric endocrinology center
Read more12 Nov 2014
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Gene dosage effects in 46, XY DSD: usefulness of CGH technologies for diagnosis
Read more26 Oct 2014
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Mutations in PLK4, encoding a master regulator of centriole biogenesis, cause microcephaly, growth failure and retinopathy
Read more09 Sep 2014
29 Jul 2014
29 Jul 2014
25 Jul 2014
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A child with a novel de novo mutation in the aristaless domain of the aristaless-related homeobox (ARX) gene presenting with ambiguous genitalia and psychomotor delay
Read more13 Jun 2014
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Whole exome sequencing identifies new causative mutations in Tunisian families with non-syndromic deafness
Read more18 Feb 2014
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Mutations in the FOG2/ZFPM2 gene are associated with anomalies of human testis determination
Read more30 Jan 2014
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Prevalence of the Aurora kinase C c.144delC mutation in infertile Moroccan men
Read more24 Oct 2013
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Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism during childhood: presentation and genetic analyses in 46 boys
Read more02 Aug 2013
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Methylation changes in mature sperm deoxyribonucleic acid from oligozoospermic men: assessment of genetic variants and assisted reproductive technology outcome
Read more08 May 2013
30 Apr 2013
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Minor hypospadias: the “tip of the iceberg” of the partial androgen insensitivity syndrome
Read more25 Mar 2013
16 Mar 2013
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First study of microdeletions in the Y chromosome of Algerian infertile men with idiopathic oligo- or azoospermia
Read more15 Nov 2012
03 Oct 2012
27 Jun 2012
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Longitudinal evaluation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular function in 8 boys with adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC) due to NR0B1 mutations
Read more25 Jun 2012
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Partial microdeletions in the Y-chromosome AZFc region are not a significant risk factor for spermatogenic impairment in Tunisian infertile men
Read more13 Apr 2012
01 Apr 2012
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Genome-wide linkage and copy number variation analysis reveals 710 kb duplication on chromosome 1p31.3 responsible for autosomal dominant omphalocele
Read more23 Mar 2012
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Association of the MTHFR A1298C variant with unexplained severe male infertility
Read more08 Jan 2012
01 Jan 2012
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Duplication of SOX9 is not a common cause of 46,XX testicular or 46,XX ovotesticular DSD
Read more20 Oct 2011
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Mutation analysis of NR5A1 encoding steroidogenic factor 1 in 77 patients with 46, XY disorders of sex development (DSD) including hypospadias
Read more10 Aug 2011
27 Mar 2011
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Semen quality analysis of military personnel from six geographical areas of the People’s Republic of China
Read more01 Feb 2011
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Polymorphisms in MTHFR and MTRR genes associated with blood plasma homocysteine concentration and sperm counts
Read more10 Jan 2011
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Loss-of-function mutation in GATA4 causes anomalies of human testicular development
Read more01 Jan 2011
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Report of fertility in a woman with a predominantly 46,XY karyotype in a family with multiple disorders of sexual development
Read more01 Jan 2011
01 Oct 2010
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Human male infertility associated with mutations in NR5A1 encoding steroidogenic factor 1
Read more03 Jul 2010
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New technologies for the identification of novel genetic markers of disorders of sex development (DSD)
Read more25 Jun 2010
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Clinical, biological and genetic analysis of prepubertal isolated ovarian cyst in 11 girls
Read more14 Apr 2010
01 Oct 2009
06 Aug 2009
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Lack of association between genetic polymorphisms in enzymes associated with folate metabolism and unexplained reduced sperm counts
Read more01 Aug 2009
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Novel human pathological mutations. Gene symbol: SRY. Disease: XY sex reversal
Read more14 Jul 2009
21 May 2009
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Mutations in the TSPYL1 gene associated with 46,XY disorder of sex development and male infertility
Read more25 Feb 2009
25 Jan 2009
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Mutational analysis of the WNT gene family in women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome
Read more06 Nov 2008
05 Sep 2008
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No association between T222P/LGR8 mutation and cryptorchidism in the Moroccan population
Read more13 Jun 2008
25 Apr 2008
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Sons conceived by assisted reproduction techniques inherit deletions in the azoospermia factor (AZF) region of the Y chromosome and the DAZ gene copy number
Read more01 Mar 2008
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Report of fertility in woman with predominantly 46,XY karyotype in family with multiple disorders of sexual development: review of prismatic case
Read more29 Jan 2008
13 Nov 2007
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Report of fertility in a woman with a predominantly 46,XY karyotype in a family with multiple disorders of sexual development
Read more01 Sep 2007
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AZF microdeletions and partial deletions of AZFc region on the Y chromosome in Moroccan men
Read more20 Jul 2007
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Association of deletion 9p, 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis and autistic spectrum disorder
Read more18 May 2007
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Autosomal dominant nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate: significant evidence of linkage at 18q21.1
Read more09 May 2007
01 May 2007
01 Jan 2007
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Analysis of SPINK 5, KLK 7 and FLG genotypes in a French atopic dermatitis cohort
Read more31 Oct 2006
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Sperm-FISH analysis in a pericentric chromosome 1 inversion, 46,XY,inv(1)(p22q42), associated with infertility
Read more18 Sep 2006
03 Aug 2006
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Haplotypes, mutations and male fertility: the story of the testis-specific ubiquitin protease USP26
Read more01 Jun 2006
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Molecular characterization of a bovine Y-specific DNA sequence conserved in taurine and zebu breeds
Read more01 Apr 2006
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Transcriptional diversity of DMRT1 (dsx- and mab3-related transcription factor 1) in human testis
Read more19 Mar 2006
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Common loss-of-function variants of the epidermal barrier protein filaggrin are a major predisposing factor for atopic dermatitis
Read more01 Feb 2006
13 Jan 2006
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Deciphering the ancient and complex evolutionary history of human arylamine N-acetyltransferase genes
Read more03 Jan 2006
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Promoter variation in the DC-SIGN-encoding gene CD209 is associated with tuberculosis
Read more01 Jan 2006
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GR/GR deletions within the azoospermia factor c region on the Y chromosome might not be associated with spermatogenic failure
Read more01 Aug 2005
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Clinical, hormonal and cytogenetic evaluation of 46,XX males and review of the literature
Read more01 Jun 2005
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Idiopathic male pseudohermaphroditism: variations in presentation and management
Read more01 Jun 2005
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Identification of high frequency of Y chromosome deletions in patients with sex chromosome mosaicism and correlation with the clinical phenotype and Y-chromosome instability
Read more01 Mar 2005
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A population genetics perspective of the Indus Valley through uniparentally-inherited markers
Read more25 Feb 2005
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A deletion of a novel heat shock gene on the Y chromosome associated with azoospermia
Read more13 Jan 2005
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Is the CAG repeat of mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma (POLG) associated with male infertility? A multi-centre French study
Read more01 Jan 2005
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The Tyr978X BRCA1 mutation: occurrence in non-Jewish Iranians and haplotype in French-Canadian and non-Ashkenazi Jews
Read more01 Jan 2005
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First Asian workshop on genomics and community genetics, Shenzhen, PR China, 10-22 April 2004
Read more01 Dec 2004
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An analysis of the genetic factors involved in testicular descent in a cohort of 14 male patients with anorchia
Read more01 Nov 2004
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Sequence family variant loss from the AZFc interval of the human Y chromosome, but not gene copy loss, is strongly associated with male infertility
Read more07 Apr 2004
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Where west meets east: the complex mtDNA landscape of the southwest and Central Asian corridor
Read more10 Feb 2004
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Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes in Berber and Arabic-speaking populations from Morocco
Read more01 Jul 2003
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Male reproductive function and the human Y chromosome: is selection acting on the Y?
Read more01 Jul 2003
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Paternal age over 40 years: the “amber light” in the reproductive life of men?
Read more01 Jun 2003
01 Apr 2003
01 Mar 2003
01 Jan 2003
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46,XY gonadal dysgenesis: evidence for autosomal dominant transmission in a large kindred
Read more01 Jan 2003
01 Dec 2002
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Inhibin B: a marker for the functional state of the seminiferous epithelium in patients with azoospermia factor C microdeletions
Read more19 Oct 2002
01 Oct 2002
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Y-chromosome analysis in Egypt suggests a genetic regional continuity in Northeastern Africa
Read more01 Oct 2002
15 Sep 2002
01 Sep 2002
01 Jul 2002
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Deletion of 9p associated with gonadal dysfunction in 46,XY but not in 46,XX human fetuses
Read more01 May 2002
01 Apr 2002
01 Mar 2002
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Novel paralogy relations among human chromosomes support a link between the phylogeny of doublesex-related genes and the evolution of sex determination
Read more01 Jan 2002
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Understanding inherited disease through human migrations: a south-west Asian perspective
Read more01 Jan 2002
01 Jan 2002
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A cost-effective screening test for detecting AZF microdeletions on the human Y chromosome
Read more01 Sep 2001
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Identification of a Y chromosome haplogroup associated with reduced sperm counts
Read more01 Jul 2001
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Reduction in the DAZ gene copy number in two infertile men with impaired spermatogenesis
Read more01 Jun 2001
01 Jun 2001
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Double-blind Y chromosome microdeletion analysis in men with known sperm parameters and reproductive hormone profiles: microdeletions are specific for spermatogenic failure
Read more01 Jun 2001
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Absence of mutations involving the LIM homeobox domain gene LHX9 in 46,XY gonadal agenesis and dysgenesis
Read more01 Jun 2001
15 May 2001
01 Apr 2001
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NSPc1, a novel mammalian Polycomb gene, is expressed in neural crest-derived structures of the peripheral nervous system
Read more01 Jan 2001
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The relationship between Y chromosome DNA haplotypes and Y chromosome deletions leading to male infertility
Read more27 Dec 2000
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Y-chromosome lineages trace diffusion of people and languages in southwestern Asia
Read more01 Dec 2000
09 Nov 2000
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Y-chromosomal diversity in Europe is clinal and influenced primarily by geography, rather than by language
Read more01 Sep 2000
01 Aug 2000
01 Jul 2000
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Prognostic value of Y deletion analysis: what is the clinical prognostic value of Y chromosome microdeletion analysis?
Read more01 Apr 2000
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Absence of mutations involving the INSL3 gene in human idiopathic cryptorchidism
Read more01 Mar 2000
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The human doublesex-related gene, DMRT2, is homologous to a gene involved in somitogenesis and encodes a potential bicistronic transcript
Read more01 Mar 2000
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The region on 9p associated with 46,XY sex reversal contains several transcripts expressed in the urogenital system and a novel doublesex-related domain
Read more01 Mar 2000
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SRY, SOX9, and DAX1 expression patterns during human sex determination and gonadal development
Read more01 Jan 2000
29 Dec 1999
01 Dec 1999
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Genetic evidence of an early exit of Homo sapiens sapiens from Africa through eastern Africa
Read more01 Nov 1999
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Recent male-mediated gene flow over a linguistic barrier in Iberia, suggested by analysis of a Y-chromosomal DNA polymorphism
Read more01 Nov 1999
01 Oct 1999
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A high frequency of Y chromosome deletions in males with nonidiopathic infertility
Read more01 Oct 1999
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Frasier syndrome: a cause of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in a 46,XX female
Read more01 Jul 1999
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Screening for microdeletions of Y chromosome genes in patients undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection
Read more01 May 1999
01 Apr 1999
01 Mar 1999
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The human SRY protein is present in fetal and adult Sertoli cells and germ cells
Read more15 Jan 1999
01 Sep 1998
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Swyer syndrome and 46,XY partial gonadal dysgenesis associated with 9p deletions in the absence of monosomy-9p syndrome
Read more01 Sep 1998
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Evolution of the DAZ gene family suggests that Y-linked DAZ plays little, or a limited, role in spermatogenesis but underlines a recent African origin for human populations
Read more01 Feb 1998
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Failure of testicular development associated with a rearrangement of 9p24.1 proximal to the SNF2 gene
Read more01 Jan 1998
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The INSL4 gene maps close to WI-5527 at 9p24.1–>p23.3 clustered with two relaxin genes and outside the critical region for the monosomy 9p syndrome
Read more01 Dec 1997
01 Nov 1997
15 Oct 1997
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Conservation of Y chromosome-specific sequences immediately 5′ to the testis determining gene in primates
Read more01 Jul 1997
01 May 1997
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Mutations and sequence variants in the testis-determining region of the Y chromosome in individuals with a 46,XY female phenotype
Read more15 Apr 1997
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Deletions of distal 9p associated with 46,XY male to female sex reversal: definition of the breakpoints at 9p23.3-p24.1
Read more15 Apr 1997
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Gene sequence, localization, and evolutionary conservation of DAZLA, a candidate male sterility gene
Read more01 Feb 1997
20 Jan 1997
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Hypertelorism and hypospadias associated with a de novo apparently balanced translocation between 8q22.3-23 and 20p13
Read more01 Jan 1997
01 Sep 1996
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A duplication of distal Xp associated with hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism, hypoplastic external genitalia, mental retardation, and multiple congenital abnormalities
Read more01 Aug 1996
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Loss of sequences 3′ to the testis-determining gene, SRY, including the Y pseudoautosomal boundary associated with partial testicular determination
Read more01 Jun 1996
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A novel mutation in the putative DNA helicase XH2 is responsible for male-to-female sex reversal associated with an atypical form of the ATR-X syndrome
Read more19 May 1996
01 Apr 1996
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Clinical and DNA studies on 46, XY females with gonadal dysgenesis. A report of six cases
Read more01 Dec 1995
01 Oct 1995
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Testicular development in an SRY-negative 46,XX individual harboring a distal Xp deletion
Read more01 Sep 1995
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Proximal deletions of the long arm of the Y chromosome suggest a critical region associated with a specific subset of characteristic Turner stigmata
Read more01 Aug 1994
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Gonadal agenesis in XX and XY sisters: evidence for the involvement of an autosomal gene
Read more01 Jun 1994
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Clinical and anatomical spectrum in XX sex reversed patients. Relationship to the presence of Y specific DNA-sequences
Read more22 Jan 1994
01 Jan 1994
15 Dec 1993
15 Apr 1993
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A regulatory cascade hypothesis for mammalian sex determination: SRY represses a negative regulator of male development
Read more01 Jan 1993
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Pathology of 46,XY pure gonadal dysgenesis: absence of testis differentiation associated with mutations in the testis-determining factor
Read more01 Jan 1993
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Familial case of 46,XX male and 46,XX true hermaphrodite associated with a paternal-derived SRY-bearing X chromosome
Read more01 Jan 1993
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Hormonal and molecular genetic findings in 46,XX subjects with sexual ambiguity and testicular differentiation
Read more01 Sep 1992
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A minority of 46,XX true hermaphrodites are positive for the Y-DNA sequence including SRY
Read more01 Jul 1992
01 May 1992
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Familial case with sequence variant in the testis-determining region associated with two sex phenotypes
Read more01 Jan 1992
01 Jan 1992
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The sole presence of the testis-determining region of the Y chromosome (SRY) in 46,XX patients is associated with phenotypic variability
Read more01 Feb 1991
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Isolation, culture and characterisation of fibroblast-like cells derived from the Wharton’s jelly portion of human umbilical cord
Read more01 Jan 1991