Gene knockout makes female mice masculine

Thursday, July 8, 2010 - 10:07 in Biology & Nature

The mammalian fucose mutarotase enzyme is known to be involved in incorporating the sugar fucose into protein. Female mice that lack the fucose mutarotase (FucM) gene refuse to let males mount them,...

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