AN XXY SEX-CHROMOSOME CONSTITUTION IN A HOUSE MUSK SHREW (SUNCUS-MURINUS L.) WITH TESTICULAR HYPOPLASIA

Authors
ROGATCHEVA MB ODA SI ZHELEZOVA AI BORODIN PM
Citation
Mb. Rogatcheva et al., AN XXY SEX-CHROMOSOME CONSTITUTION IN A HOUSE MUSK SHREW (SUNCUS-MURINUS L.) WITH TESTICULAR HYPOPLASIA, Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 113(1), 1998, pp. 91-93
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Reproductive Biology
Journal title
Journal of Reproduction and Fertility → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224251
Volume
113
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
91 - 93
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4251(1998)113:1<91:AXSCIA>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
An adult male house musk shrew with an XXY sex chromosome constitution was found in a laboratory-bred colony. Maternal origin of the additio nal X chromosome was demonstrated. The external appearance of the anim al was normal, but the testes were small and displayed a high density of interstitial cells. The seminiferous tubules were narrow and contai ned only Sertoli cells.