endocrine/exocrine glands
• focal hyperplasia in 27% of males 10 weeks or older
• in spite of the hyperplasia, the cells were functionally normal
• one neoplasm containing multiple foci of leydig cell hyperplasia was detected
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reproductive system
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• XX females were fertile and displayed normal uteri containing morphologically normal oviducts
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• focal hyperplasia in 27% of males 10 weeks or older
• in spite of the hyperplasia, the cells were functionally normal
• one neoplasm containing multiple foci of leydig cell hyperplasia was detected
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• XY male mice developed hypoplastic female structures derived from the Mullerian duct, namely a uterus, uncoiled oviducts, and a vagina
• uterine horns paralleled the vas deferens and joined to form cervix that opened into a vagina
• the physical association of the uterine horns with the vas deferens caused the horns to be pulled caudally
• XY males displayed normal sized testes that were fully descended and spermatogenesis was unimpaired
• proper differentiation of the Wolffian duct system
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• 13% of males were able to impregnate wild-type females
• infertility putatively due to a blockage of sperm movement resulting in a diversion from the normal pathway
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