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Embryonic gonadal development is bipotential until sex weeks after fertilization. The genetic composition of the individual determines sexual differentiation and in this respect the Y sex chromosome is dominant in its influence in that the absence of a Y chromosome results in differentiation of the primitive gonad to an ovary. The presence of one X chromosome is necessary for the survival of the individual and two (XX) for the maintenance of the ovary.
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Tacchi, D. (1980). Disorders of the Human Ovary. In: Motta, P.M., Hafez, E.S.E. (eds) Biology of the Ovary. Developments in Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8852-1_25
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