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CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 62, Issue 18, Pages 2140-2146Publisher
SPRINGER BASEL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-005-5270-5
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sex determination; Amh; chicken; testis
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During mammalian sexual development, the SOX9 transcription factor up-regulates expression of the gene encoding anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH), but in chickens, Sox9 gene expression reportedly occurs after the onset of Amh expression. Here, we examined expression of the related gene Sox8 in chicken embryonic gonads during the sex-determining period. We found that cSox8 is expressed at similar levels in both sexes at embryonic day 6 and 7, and only at the anterior tip of the gonad, suggesting that SOX8 is not responsible for the sex-specific increase in cAmh gene expression at these stages. We also found that several other chicken Sox genes (cSox3, cSox4 and cSox11) are expressed in embryonic gonads, but at similar levels in both sexes. Our data suggest that the molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of Amh genes of mouse and chicken are not conserved, despite similar patterns of Amh expression in both species.
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