Endocrine and morphological perspectives in testicular descent

Author:

Hutson John M,Baker Marilyn L,Griffiths Amanda L,Momose Yoshitaka,Goh Day Way,Middlesworth William,Yun Zhou Bai,Cartwright Elizabeth

Abstract

Before sexual differentiation occurs at seven weeks, the urological ridges develop in the embryo. These contain the primitive gonads, the mesonephros (embryonic kidneys) and the paired Wolffian (mesonephric) ducts, along with the Müllerian (paramesonephric) ducts. The fundamental mechanism of fetal sexual development was elucidated by Alfred Jost and is determined by the development of the gonad: where testes form in response to the testis-determining gene, and the male testicular hormones cause development of the male phenotype. If ovaries develop or the gonads are absent, female secondary sex characteristics are produced. Recently, the cloning of the putative human testis-determining gene on the Y-chromosome was reported. Assuming this is the true controller of testicular development, an understanding of the initiation of sexual differentiation at the genetic level should emerge in the near future. Of great importance will be the isolation of the testis-determining gene product and identification of other genes that it regulates.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Obstetrics and Gynecology

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