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Current knowledge of sexual differential in domestic fowl Sexual differential in domestic fowl

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

H. Kagami  and
H. Hanada
H. Kagami
Affiliation:
National Institute of Animal Industry, Tsukuba Norindanchi, P.O. Box 5, Ibaraki 305, Japan
H. Hanada
Affiliation:
National Institute of Animal Industry, Tsukuba Norindanchi, P.O. Box 5, Ibaraki 305, Japan
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Abstract

An ability to alter sex ratio could be enormously beneficial to the poultry industry. As a consequence, there has been increasing scientific interest in avian sex determiniation and sexual differentiation. Recent progress in avian cytogenetics and molecular biology has enhanced understanding of the mechanisms involved. Surgical and endocrinological techniques have been used to reverse sexual differentiation. Mixed sex chimeras, containing both male and female derived cells and produced by embryo engineering, can be used as a novel model for sexual differentiation. A combination of new knowledge and the refinement of techniques could open up new frontiers for the advancement of our understanding of sexual regulation in poultry.

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Differentiatondomestic fowlembryo engineeringcontrolmixed sex chimerasmolecular biologyreversalsex
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 53 , Issue 2 , June 1997 , pp. 111 - 123
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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