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Sex does not appear to be determined by the action of conventional genes. Heterochromatin—the substance of sex chromosomes—does, however, provide some clues as to how sexual differentiation may be brought about.
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MITTWOCH, U. Sex Differentiation in Mammals. Nature 214, 554–556 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214554a0
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