Sex Reversal

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
SR
Pronunciation
/sɛks rɪˈvərsəl/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. This female-to-male sex reversal almost always happens when a certain gene called SRY, usually carried on the Y chromosome, accidentally ends up on the X chromosome inherited from the father.
  2. We found that the chicken embryo and quail embryo injected Formestane and 17p-estradiol had sex reversal.
  3. Genetic analysis of genes involved in embryonic gonadal development and differentiation in sex reversal is a relatively convenient access.
  4. Objective To investigate the manifestations and genetic mechanisms of male sex reversal syndrome.
  5. Relationship between sex reversal and gonadal protein in Monopterus albus

Other meanings of SR