A chimaeric calf with XY/XXY mosaicism and intersexuality

J Reprod Fertil. 1978 Sep;54(1):197-201. doi: 10.1530/jrf.0.0540197.

Abstract

A Friesian calf with an elongated urethra and without a vulva was born twin to a dead bull calf. Red cell chimaerism and XY/XY/XXY lymphocytes were found in the blood, XX/XXY mosaicism was found in the skin and the minute gonads which some showed signs of early testicular development.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blood Group Antigens / genetics
  • Cattle / genetics*
  • Disorders of Sex Development / genetics*
  • Male
  • Mosaicism*
  • Sex Chromosomes*

Substances

  • Blood Group Antigens