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These observations led to a search for the testis-determining factor on the Y chromosome culminating in isolation of the SRY gene [ 5], which is sex-determining in humans [ 6, 7] and mice [ 8].
. The authors also identify a short, C-terminal domain that makes FOG-2 uniquely able to perform its germline sex-determining function.
The discovery of the homology of the key sex-determining genes
Because there are rodent species with no SRY gene and no Y chromosome [ 16], any of these genes or the X-linked DAX1 gene [ 17] might be considered candidates for a sex-determining gene in the XX rodents such as mole voles whose body plan is not so different from that of mice.
Although some sex-determining genes are well conserved, many show unprecedented substitution rates [11].