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Repeated turnovers keep sex chromosomes young in willows
BackgroundSalicaceae species have diverse sex determination systems and frequent sex chromosome turnovers. However, compared with poplars, the...
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Composed Copulation Scenes: Sex, Eroticism and Love
Similar to the thematic complex of violence, sex, eroticism and love are central narratives in Spartacus, not only because there is a voyeuristic...
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Gonadal transcriptomes associated with sex phenotypes provide potential male and female candidate genes of sex determination or early differentiation in Crassostrea gigas, a sequential hermaphrodite mollusc
BackgroundIn the animal kingdom, mollusca is an important phylum of the Lophotrochozoa. However, few studies have investigated the molecular cascade...
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Self-Determination
This chapter traces the role the United Nations played in the self-determination of Pacific Island peoples. Early in the twentieth century most...
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Y chromosome is moving out of sex determination shadow
Although sex hormones play a key role in sex differences in susceptibility, severity, outcomes, and response to therapy of different diseases, sex...
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Abortion and Sex-Selective Abortion in India: History, Law, and Policy
This chapter discusses the laws and policies governing abortion and sex-selective abortion (SSA) in India. It identifies the historical exigencies...
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Genetic insights: map** sex-specific loci in Siamese cobra (Naja kaouthia) sheds light on the putative sex determining region
The location of female-specific/linked loci identified in Siamese cobra ( Naja kaouthia ) previously has been determined through in silico chromosome...
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Screening of temperature-responsive signalling molecules during sex differentiation in Asian yellow pond turtle (Mauremys mutica)
BackgroundThe Asian yellow pond turtle ( Mauremys mutica ) is an important commercial freshwater aquaculture species in China. This species is a...
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Development of SNP markers to identify the sex of the giant panda from naturally degraded fecal samples
A non-invasive, fast, and reliable method for sex identification of the giant panda ( Ailuropoda melanoleuca ) was developed by genoty** five SNPs...
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Differences in Sex Development
A patient’s phenotypic sex results from the differentiation of internal ducts and external genitalia under the influence of hormones and sex...
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Turnover of sex chromosomes in the Lake Tanganyika cichlid tribe Tropheini (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
Sex chromosome replacement is frequent in many vertebrate clades, including fish, frogs, and lizards. In order to understand the mechanisms...
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Complete male-to-female sex reversal in XY mice lacking the miR-17~92 cluster
Mammalian sex determination is controlled by antagonistic gene cascades operating in embryonic undifferentiated gonads. The expression of the...
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Genetics of Sex Differences in Immunity
Women have a stronger immune response and a higher frequency of most autoimmune diseases than men. While much of the difference between men and women...
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Sex-Gender-Based Differences in Metabolic Diseases
Sexual dimorphism creates different biological and cellular activities and selective regulation mechanisms in males and females, thus generating...
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Transposon-induced epigenetic silencing in the X chromosome as a novel form of dmrt1 expression regulation during sex determination in the fighting fish
BackgroundFishes are the one of the most diverse groups of animals with respect to their modes of sex determination, providing unique models for...
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Commercial Sex as Valuable? Policy Implications of Sex Workers’ Perspectives on the Contributions of Their Labor
IntroductionRegardless of the specific form of regulation, sex industries exist and even thrive around the world. Much of the related social policy...
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Radiology “forensics”: determination of age and sex from chest radiographs using deep learning
PurposeTo develop and test the performance of deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) for automated classification of age and sex on chest...
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Sex ratio and sex-specific chick mortality in a species with moderate sexual size dimorphism and female brood desertion
An equal sex ratio at the population level is the usual, evolutionarily stable condition. However, at the individual level, it may be adaptive for...
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SNP Panel and Genomic Sex Identification in Atlantic Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
The ability to identify sex is necessary in population biology for a proper understanding of the dynamics of a population. In Atlantic halibut,...
