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The female: male sex ratio in litters born to C57 black mice immunized with male spleen preparations is 2∶1 and males were stillborn. In additionDrosophila busckii males are H-Y antigen positive. It is argued that H-Y is the primary testicular determinant and that this role is evolutionarily ancient.

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  1. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    P. Pechan & M. Tracey

  2. Department of Biology, Florida International University, 33199, Miami, Florida, USA

    P. Pechan & M. Tracey

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Pechan, P., Tracey, M. H-Y Evolution. Experientia 36, 356–357 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01952324

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