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Y-chromatin positive cells in the smear preparations of the gonad from an XX male
✍ Scribed by K. Iinuma; T. Ohzeki; K. Ohtaguro; E. Higashihara; A. Tanae; Y. Nakagome
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 696 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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✦ Synopsis
An ambisexual male infant showed a normal female karyotype by the leukocyte culture technique in two different occasions. Cultured fibroblasts from the right gonad had also a 46, XX complement. They were Y-chromatin negative. To our surprise, Y-chromatin was observed in 96% of the nuclei in smears from the uncultured gonad. It is emphasized that the examination of the uncultured gonad by the quinacrine technique is mandatory in the study of "XX males".