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ASHMA SHAHI
1ST YEAR RESIDENT
• Testes form:
a) anti Mullerian hormone (AMH) or (MIS) that
destroys Mullerian duct
b)Testosterone that masculinizes the fetus
• Ovaries produce
Estrogen that enables
the development of
Mullerian duct
SRY gene
• Sex determining region Y
• Located on short arm of chromosome Y
• Encodes TDF
• Causes male gonadal development
• Mutation will result
in the embryo developing
female genitalia
despite XY chromosome
EMBRYOLOGY OF CERVIX