Sex reversal

Investigation of mutations in the SRY, SOX9, and DAX1 genes in sex reversal patients from the Sichuan region of China

L. Chen, Ding, X. P., Wei, X., and Li, L. X., Investigation of mutations in the SRY, SOX9, and DAX1 genes in sex reversal patients from the Sichuan region of China, vol. 13, pp. 1518-1526, 2014.

We investigated the molecular genetic mechanism of sex reversal by exploring the relationship between mutations in the sex-determining genes SRY, SOX9, and DAX1 with genetic sex reversal disease. Mutations in the three key genes were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing after karyotype analysis. The mutations detected were then aligned with a random sample of 100 normal sequences and the NCBI sequence database in order to confirm any new mutations.

Molecular characterisation of a der(Y)t(Xp;Yp) with Xp functional disomy and sex reversal

F. Ashton, O’Connor, R., Love, J. M., Doherty, E., Aftimos, S., George, A., and Love, D. R., Molecular characterisation of a der(Y)t(Xp;Yp) with Xp functional disomy and sex reversal, vol. 9. pp. 1815-1823, 2010.

Sex reversal due to duplication of the Xp21 dosage-sensitive sex reversal locus results in XY females with gonadal dysgenesis. Pure Xp disomy (without a concurrent loss of genetic material) can occur by translocation or interstitial duplication. The case reported here is the rare form with a t(Xp;Yp). The combination of conventional clinical cytogenetic techniques, microsatellite analysis and high-density microarrays identified the X-chromosome breakpoint as centromeric of the NR0B1 gene and its control elements.

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