Hormone profiles of the African pygmy mouse Mus minutoides, a species with XY female sex reversal
Frederic Veyrunes,
Julie Perez,
Louise D. Heitzmann
et al.
Abstract:In mammals, most sex differences in phenotype are controlled by gonadal hormones, but recent work on transgenic mice has shown that sex chromosomes can have a direct influence on sex‐specific behaviors. In this study, we take advantage of the naturally occurring sex reversal in a mouse species, Mus minutoides, to investigate for the first time the relationship between sex chromosomes, hormones, and behaviors in a wild species. In this model, a feminizing variant of the X chromosome, named X*, produces three ty… Show more
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