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Hornless goats. A mutation of the FOXL2 gene induces a sex reversal in female goats that are born with male attributes and no horns.. © INRA, Eric Pailhoux

Press release

31 Jan 2014

A guardian gene for female sex

Researchers at INRA have just uncovered one of the major genes responsible for female differentiation: FOXL2.