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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal and human health
  3. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  4. animal diseases
  5. cattle diseases
  6. freemartinism
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal and human health
  3. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  4. animal diseases
  5. cattle diseases
  6. freemartinism
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal and human health
  3. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  4. reproductive disorders
  5. sex differentiation disorders
  6. freemartinism
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal and human health
  3. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  4. reproductive disorders
  5. sex differentiation disorders
  6. freemartinism

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freemartinism

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  • Information 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).

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2012

    Type: Concept definition

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