“…This developmental switch, which has occurred by 13.5 dpc, is dependent on the sex of the somatic cells in the gonad, rather than the chromosomal sex of the PGCs: XY PGCs can develop as oocytes in female embryos, and XX PGCs can develop as prospermatogonia in male embryos (Ford et al, 1975;Palmer & Burgoyne, 1991 a). Wh en germ cells migrate into ectopie sites su ch as the ad renal gland, they will develop as oocytes even in male embryos, entering meiosis with apparently normal timing (Zamboni & Upadhyay, 1983).…”