The cells of the female ovary were transformed into cells normally found in male testes by turning off a gene during the development of the mouse embryo. AlamyFrom The Independent:
Simple technique changes sex of a mouse – and reveals the gender war that rages in all of us.
The battle of the sexes is a never-ending war waged within ourselves as male and female elements of our own bodies continually fight each other for supremacy. This is the astonishing implication of a pioneering study showing that it is possible to flick a genetic switch that turns female ovary cells into male testicular tissue.
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