Sexual determination in mammals is genetically and hormonally controlled. Human gonads serve several functions. Gonads are the repository of germ cells and influence the maturation of these cells into oocytes and spermatocytes. Gonads produce the hormones that control the development of the internal and external genitalia and that regulate pubertal development and the reproductive cycle, including sperm maturation in the male, and ovulation and menstruation in the female. These functions are mediated by the specialized cells of the gonad that include germ cells, support cells, and hormone-producing cells. The germ cells of the differentiated gonads reside in compartments that place them in functional contact with support cells.

Metrics details. Despite some advances in recent years, the genetic control of gonadal sex differentiation during embryogenesis is still not completely understood. To identify new candidate genes involved in ovary and testis development, RNA-seq was used to define the transcriptome of embryonic chicken gonads at the onset of sexual differentiation day 6. RNA-seq revealed more than genes that were transcribed in a sex-biased manner at this early stage of gonadal differentiation. Comparison with undifferentiated gonads revealed that sex biased expression was derived primarily from autosomal rather than sex-linked genes.

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