Mechanisms of Gonadal Differentiation in Vertebrates: Contributions of an EMBO-Workshop held in Freiburg, November 5–8, 1982

Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Mechanisms of Gonadal Differentiation in Vertebrates....Pages 1-2
Evolution and Differentiation of Sex Chromosomes in Lower Vertebrates....Pages 3-12
Evolution of Sex Chromosomes and Heterogametic Systems in Amphibia....Pages 13-22
Aberrant Sex Chromosome Mechanisms in Mammals Evolutionary Aspects....Pages 23-30
Sex Chromosome Expression in Embryonic Development....Pages 31-34
Expression of the 12E7 Antigen is Controlled Independently by Genes on the Human X and Y Chromosomes....Pages 35-39
Chromosome Abnormalities and Gamete Production in Man....Pages 40-43
Sex Chromosome-Specific DNA Sequences....Pages 44-47
Structure and Evolution of Human Y Chromosome DNA....Pages 48-55
Evolutionary Conservation of Sex Specific DNA Sequences....Pages 56-59
On Evolutionarily Conserved Simple Repetitive DNA Sequences: Do “Sex-Specific” Satellite Components Serve Any Sequence Dependent Function?....Pages 60-63
Structural Aspects of Gonadal Differentiation in Mammals and Birds....Pages 64-71
Morphogenesis and Fibronectin in Sexual Differentiation of Rat Embryonic Gonads....Pages 72-81
The Peculiarities of Gonad Transformation in Teleosts....Pages 82-86
Effects and Role of Estrogens in Avian Gonadal Differentiation....Pages 87-92
Sex Reversal in the Mouse....Pages 93-98
Testicular Differentiation—a Developmental Cascade....Pages 99-103
X-linked Genes and Gonadal Differentiation....Pages 104-106
H-Y Antigen in the Chicken....Pages 107-115
H-Y Typing of Karyotypically Abnormal Mice....Pages 116-120
On the Nature of H-Y Antigen....Pages 121-121