A morphological and histochemical evaluation of sexual dimorphism in androgen‐insensitive pseudohermaphroditic mice

Abstract

Abstract Examination of the morphology in the submandibular salivary gland, adrenal gland and renal cortex of androgen‐insensitive, tfm/ Y mutant mice has revealed predominantly female characteristics. A sexual dimorphism in alkaline‐phosphatase (AP) activity was seen in the submandibular salivary gland of this strain of mice; the AP activity in the mutants was similar to females. There was no dimorphism in renal AP activity.