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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Fields of Study > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > animal diseases > cattle diseases > freemartinism
Animals, Livestock, One Health > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > animal diseases > cattle diseases > freemartinism
Fields of Study > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > reproductive disorders > sex differentiation disorders > freemartinism
Animals, Livestock, One Health > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > reproductive disorders > sex differentiation disorders > freemartinism
Preferred Term:

freemartinism

Definition:
A condition occurring in the female offspring of dizygotic twins in a mixed-sex pregnancy, usually in cattle. Freemartinism can occur in other mammals. When placental fusion between the male and the female fetuses permits the exchange of fetal cells and fetal hormones, testicular hormones from the male fetus can androgenize the female fetus producing a sterile XX/XY chimeric "female"(chimerism).
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
sex differentiation disorders, cattle diseases
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/23109
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2012-11-30