Low iron levels can flip the genetic switch on a mouse's sex during development, causing XY embryos to grow female features.

A new study in Nature shows that when pregnant mice don’t have enough iron, their (usually male) fetuses with a Y sex ...

The study is the first to show that low iron levels can affect fetal sexual development. Male mouse fetuses can develop ...

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Iron deficiency in pregnant mice may lead to the development of ovaries in a small proportion of offspring carrying XY ...

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Iron deficiency in pregnancy may influence the sex development of a baby in utero, causing male-to-female sex reversal, ...

Iron deficiency in pregnancy may influence the sex development of a baby in utero, researchers have found.An 8-year ...

Iron deficiency during pregnancy can cause a male mouse embryo to develop female features, a new study reveals. The low iron disrupts the activation of a key gene that spurs the development of male ...