Chapter 6: Sex Determination and Gametogenesis

SEX DETERMINATION AND GAMETOGENESIS IN ANIMALS

Chromosomal Sex Determination

The Mammalian Pattern of Sex Determination

  • Gonadal sex determination in mammals
  • Secondary sex determination in mammals: Hormonal regulation of the sexual phenotype

Chromosomal Sex Determination in Drosophila

  • Sex determination by dosage of X
  • The Sex-lethal gene
  • Doublesex: The switch gene for sex determination

Environmental Sex Determination in Reptiles

Gametogenesis in Animals

  • PGCs in mammals: From genital ridge to gonads
  • Meiosis: The intertwining of life cycles
  • Spermatogenesis in mammals
  • Oogenesis in mammals

SEX DETERMINATION AND GAMETOGENESIS IN ANGIOSPERM PLANTS

Sex Determination

  • Signaling flower formation
  • Male and female floral organs

Gametogenesis

  • Pollen and the male gametophyte
  • The ovule and the female gametophyte
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