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ArticleScientific reports2020

Live Birth in Sex-Reversed XY Mice Lacking the Nuclear Receptor Dax1.

Isabel Fernandes-Freitas, Alexandra Milona, Kevin G Murphy, Waljit S Dhillo, Bryn M Owen

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Isabel Fernandes-Freitas *Section of Endocrinology & Investigative Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Alexandra Milona *MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS), London, United Kingdom.
Kevin G MurphySection of Endocrinology & Investigative Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Waljit S DhilloSection of Endocrinology & Investigative Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. w.dhillo@imperial.ac.uk.
Bryn M OwenSection of Endocrinology & Investigative Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Metabolism, Digestion, and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. bryn.owen05@imperial.ac.uk.
Imperial College London · GB

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 105545/Z/14/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nuclear hormone receptor Dax1 functions during development as a testes-determining gene. However, the phenotype of male mice lacking Dax1 is strain-dependent due to the background-specific abundance of male-determining Sry gene-transcripts. We hypothesised that inter-individual variation in Sry mRNA-abundance would result in a spectrum of phenotypes even within-strain. We found that while all XY C57BL/6J mice lacking Dax1 presented as phenotypic females, there was a marked inter-individual variability in measures of fertility. Indeed, we report rare occasions where sex-reversed mice had measures of fertility comparable to those in control females. On two occasions, these sex-reversed XY mice were able to give birth to live offspring following mating to stud-males. As such, this work documents within-strain variability in phenotypes of XY mice lacking Dax1, and reports for the first time a complete sex-reversal capable of achieving live birth in these mice.

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AnimalsBiological Variation, IndividualDAX-1 Orphan Nuclear ReceptorDisorders of Sex DevelopmentFemaleFertilityGenetic BackgroundHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutParturitionPhenotypeSex Determination ProcessesSex-Determining Region Y ProteinDAX-1 Orphan Nuclear ReceptorNr0b1 protein, mouseSex-Determining Region Y Protein

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PMID32015477
PMCPMC6997165
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