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In view of the claimed serological H-Y positivity observed in patients with ovarian dysgenesis (for example, 45,X) and in XO mice (neither of whom have a Y chromosome), it is suggested that genetic control is exercised over the H-Y system by structural genes on the pairing segments of the X and Y chromosomes, acting on an autosomally coded H-Y precursor.
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Adinolfi, M., Polani, P. & Zenthon, J. Genetic control of H-Y synthesis. A hypothesis. Hum Genet 61, 1–2 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00291320
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