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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Gerrit Bouma
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-18211 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Biology of reproduction 20091028 2
Mammalian gonadal sex-determining (GSD) genes are expressed in a unique population of somatic cells that differentiate into granulosa cells in XX gonads or Sertoli cells in XY gonads. The ability to efficiently isolate these somatic support cells (SSCs) during the earliest stages of gonad development would facilitate identifying 1) new candidate GSD genes that may be involved in cases of unexplained abnormal gonad development and 2) genes involved in the earliest stages of granulosa and Sertoli ...[more]