Mechanisms of Gonadal Differentiation in Vertebrates

Contributions of an EMBO-Workshop held in Freiburg, November 5¿8, 1982
Herausgegeben von Müller, U.; Franke, W.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-540-12480-1
• 1983.
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 1983
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 210mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 405g
• ISBN-13: 9783540124801
• ISBN-10: 3540124802
• Artikelnr.: 36111652

Inhaltsangabe

Mechanisms of Gonadal Differentiation in Vertebrates. Preface and Introduction.- Evolution of Sex Chromosomes.- Evolution and Differentiation of Sex Chromosomes in Lower Vertebrates. With 8 Figures.- Evolution of Sex Chromosomes and Heterogametic Systems in Amphibia. With 7 Figures.- Aberrant Sex Chromosome Mechanisms in Mammals. Evolutionary Aspects. With 6 Figures.- Function of Sex Chromosomes.- Sex Chromosome Expression in Embryonic Development.- Expression of the 12E7 Antigen is Controlled Independently by Genes on the Human X and Y Chromosomes. With 1 Figure.- Chromosome Abnormalities and Gamete Production in Man.- Sex-specific DNA Sequences.- Sex Chromosome-Specific DNA Sequences.- Structure and Evolution of Human Y Chromosome DNA. With 7 Figures.- Evolutionary Conservation of Sex Specific DNA Sequences.- On Evolutionarily Conserved Simple Repetitive DNA Sequences: Do "Sex-Specific" Satellite Components Serve Any Sequence Dependent Function? With 4 Figures.- Morphological Aspects of Gonadal Differentiation.- Structural Aspects of Gonadal Differentiation in Mammals and Birds. With 15 Figures.- Morphogenesis and Fibronectin in Sexual Differentiation of Rat Embryonic Gonads. With 20 Figures.- Gonadal Sex Reversal.- The Peculiarities of Gonad Transformation in Teleosts.- Effects and Role of Estrogens in Avian Gonadal Differentiation. With 2 Figures.- Sex Reversal in the Mouse. With 4 Figures.- Morphogenetic Factors in Gonadal Differentiation.- Testicular Differentiation-a Developmental Cascade. Morphogenetic Effects of H-Y Antigen and Testosterone in the Male Mammalian Gonad. With 1 Figure.- X-linked Genes and Gonadal Differentiation.- H-Y Antigen in the Chicken. With 9 Figures.- H-Y Typing of Karyotypically Abnormal Mice.- On the Nature of H-Y Antigen.Concluding Remarks.