Kil Woo Han, Dong Soo Lee, Yeun Bae Park, Ji Hye Lee, Seung Jun Lee, Keun Jung Kim, Eun Young Kim, Hwa Young Sohn, Sea Hwan Sohn, Jae Suk Woo, Min Kyu Kim
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https://www.earticle.net/Article/A178333
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True hermaphrodites are animals of equivocal sex in which both male and female gonads develop simultaneously. The frequency of true hermaphroditism is higher in pigs than in other domestic animals. Two Korean pigs were diagnosed with true hermaphroditism showing ovotestes, epididymes, penes, and uteri. Histomorphologically, the testicular tissues consisted of Sertoli cells that were devoid of spermatogenic germ cells and showed proliferation of interstitial cells. However, the uteri were of normal architecture and had well-developed uterine endometrial glands. The samples were 38, XX female karyotype without the sex-determining region Y (SRY) gene. The findings of this study could contribute to the understanding of true hermaphroditism in the Korean pig industry. * This work was supported by a grant (Code# PJ008148) from BioGreen21 Program, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.
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ChromosomeHistologyPigTrue hermaphrodite
저자
Kil Woo Han [ College of Agriculture Life Science, Chungnam National University ]
Dong Soo Lee [ College of Agriculture Life Science, Chungnam National University ]
Yeun Bae Park [ College of Agriculture Life Science, Chungnam National University ]
Ji Hye Lee [ College of Agriculture Life Science, Chungnam National University ]
Seung Jun Lee [ College of Agriculture Life Science, Chungnam National University ]
Keun Jung Kim [ College of Agriculture Life Science, Chungnam National University ]
Eun Young Kim [ College of Agriculture Life Science, Chungnam National University ]
Hwa Young Sohn [ College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University ]
Sea Hwan Sohn [ Department of Animal Science & Biotechnology, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology ]
Jae Suk Woo [ National Institute of Animal Science, Suwon,Gyeonggi-do,441-706, Korea ]
Min Kyu Kim [ College of Agriculture Life Science, Chungnam National University ]