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The condition of testicular feminization in mice resembles that in man and other mammals. It is clearly X-linked. There is no evidence at present that the gene for testicular feminization is involved in mouse spermatogenesis, at least up to the spermatocyte stage.
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LYON, M., HAWKES, S. X-linked Gene for Testicular Feminization in the Mouse. Nature 227, 1217–1219 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2271217a0
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