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hermaphrodite

An organism with both male & female sexual organs. Pathology: - a true hermaphrodite must have both mature ovarian & mature testicular tissue with histologic evidence of follicles & tubules, respectively. Genetics: - associated with defects in SRY (true hermaphroditism) - genetically heterogeneous - genotype of most affected individuals is 46,XX, but many have 46,XY or a mosaic of 46,XX/46,XY - can be caused by chromosomal translocation

General

congenital anomaly (birth defect)

Database Correlations

OMIM 235600

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. UniProt :accession P48436