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Sex Differentiation

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Definition: The process in developing sex- or gender-specific tissue, organ, or function after SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES have set the sex of the GONADS. Major areas of sex differentiation occur in the reproductive tract (GENITALIA) and the brain.  note SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; and SEX FACTORS are also available   
See Also Sex Determination Processes 		Other names Differentiation, Sexual; Sexual Differentiation; Differentiation, Sex
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Avian Sex-specific W-linked protein, chicken  0   *Avian Proteins Sex Differentiation. Dev Genes Evol 2000 May;210(5):243-9
Stil protein, Drosophila  0   *Nuclear Proteins *Drosophila Proteins Cell Differentiation Sex Differentiation. Genetics 1997 Apr;145(4):975-87

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