For decades, scientists have known that platypuses and echidnas – Australia’s unique egg-laying mammals – have another ...

Iron deficiency in pregnant mice may lead to the development of ovaries in a small proportion of offspring carrying XY ...

A breakthrough study has revealed that iron deficiency in mothers can trigger sex reversal in male mice embryos.

The low iron disrupts the activation of a key gene that spurs the development of male sex organs. This causes embryos with XY ...

Researchers show maternal iron levels can override genetic sex determination in mice.

The study is the first to show that low iron levels can affect fetal sexual development. Male mouse fetuses can develop ...

Developmentally expressed genes play a fundamental role in the formation of a wide range of organs. The Y chromosome-located ...

In a science first, an environmental factor is shown to alter sex development in mice before birth.

A surprising finding from researchers in Japan has shown how an environmental factor can influence the development of sex ...

An experiment in mice has discovered that a mother’s iron deficiency alters sex determination. Until now, it was believed ...