"Sex Differentiation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D012733
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.345.500.325.377.843 G07.345.750.500 G08.686.841.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Differentiation- Sex Differentiation
- Sexual Differentiation
- Differentiation, Sexual
- Differentiation, Sex
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Differentiation" by people in Profiles.
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RNA-seq analysis of the gonadal transcriptome during Alligator mississippiensis temperature-dependent sex determination and differentiation. BMC Genomics. 2016 Jan 25; 17:77.
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Gonadal differentiation in reptiles exhibiting environmental sex determination. Sex Dev. 2014; 8(5):208-26.
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Exploration of age and sex differences in depressive symptoms and illness attitudes for youth with epilepsy and juvenile rheumatic disease. J Child Neurol. 2012 Aug; 27(8):1004-10.
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The role of GATA in mammalian reproduction. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2003 Dec; 228(11):1282-90.
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Hormonal mechanisms underlying aberrant sexual differentiation in male rats prenatally exposed to alcohol, stress, or both. Arch Sex Behav. 2002 Feb; 31(1):9-16.