Animal Science 434
Reproductive Physiology
Embryogenesis of the Pituitary and Sexual
Development: Part A
Development of the Pituitary Gland
Infundibulum
Brain
Stomodeum
Rathke’s Pouch
Germ Cell Migration
Migration begins by the 4 week of gestation in cow and human.
Migration from endoderm
through mesoderm.
In birds the migration is via the blood stream.
Fetal Kidneys
•
Pronephros
•
Mesonephros
•
» regresses
» portions
of reproductive tract
Metenephros
» Adult
kindney and urinary ducts
Development of Mesenephros and Metenephros
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Jost Experiments
Mesonephric Ducts
Paramesonephric Ducts
(Wolffian Ducts)
(Mullerian Ducts)
Ovary
Testis
Epididymis
Oviduct
Uterus
Epidi
Vas
Deferens
dymi
Seminal
s
Vesicles
Sex Determination: The Jost Paradigm
Chromosomal Sex
Gonadal Sex
Phenotypic Sex
Sex Determination: The Jost Paradigm
Chromosomal Sex
Chromosomal Sex
Gonadal Sex
Gonadal Sex
Hormonal Sex
Phenotypic Sex
Phenotypic Sex
Brain and/or Behavioral Sex
Chromosomal Sex
• Single Pair of sex chromosomes
•
•
•
» mammals, some but not all vertebrates
Sex is environmentally determined
» sea worms, fish, reptiles
Multiple sex chromosomes
» invertebrates, insects, reptiles
Haplodiploidy
» bees, spiders
Chromosomal Sex
A. Drosophila
• Sex depends on the number of X chromosomes
– X or XY or XO = Male
– XX or XXX or XXY = Female
Chromosomal Sex
A. Drosophila
• Sex depends on the number of X chromosomes
– X or XY or XO = Male
– XX or XXX or XXY = Female
B.
Human (mammals)
• XY or XXY or XXYY or XXXY = Male (testis)
• XX or XXX = Female (ovary)
• XO = Female with incomplete ovarian development
• XXY or XXYY or XXXY or XXXXY = testis but
impaired sperm production
Chromosomal Sex
A. Drosophila
• Sex depends on the number of X chromosomes
– X or XY or XO = Male
– XX or XXX or XXY = Female
B.
Human (mammals)
• XY or XXY or XXYY or XXXY = Male (testis)
• XX or XXX = Female (ovary)
• XO = Female with incomplete ovarian development
• XXY or XXYY or XXXY or XXXXY = testis but
impaired sperm production
C. Conclusion
• The gene that controls testicular differentiation is
on the Y chromosome in mammals.
Human X and Y Chromosomes
X
Y
The Y Chromosome
A. Region coding for testicular development
• Short arm of Y chromosome
–H-Y Antigen
« no longer believed to be involved
–SRY
« Codes for a DNA binding protein
« acts as a transcription factor
« Causes
• primary sex chord (seminiferous tubule) development
• Development of Sertoli Cells
• Anti-Mullerian Hormone production by Sertoli Cells
« absence of SRY
• 2nd sex chords (egg nests) develop
The Y Chromosome Cont.
B. Other genes on the Y chromosome
» Spermatogenesis
» androgen production
» long bone growth
SRY and Birds
•
•
Birds
» females ZW, males ZZ
» W chromosome determines sex
» SRY is found on the Z chromosome
!
SRY is not the only sex determining gene in
animals
Gonadal Sex
XY Male
Testis Determining Factor
(SRY gene product)
Testes develop
Testicular Development
Mesonephric Duct
(Wolffian Duct)
Mesonephric Tubules
Rete Tubules
Mullerian Duct
Tunica
Albuginea
Undifferentiated
Sex Chords
Mesonephric
Tubules
Rete Tubules
Wolffian
Duct
Mullerian Duct
Primary, Epithelial or
Medullary Sex Chords
Tunica
• Primordial germ cells
Albuginea (gonocytes)
• Pre-Sertoli Cells
Primary Sex Chords in Fetal Testis
Pre-Sertoli
Gonocyte
Hormonal Sex
XY Male
Testis Determining Factor
(SRY gene product)
Testes develop
Sertoli cells secrete
anti-mullerian hormone (AMH)
AMH causes leydig
cells to differentiate
Testosterone
Development of male
duct system
Wolffian Duct Cells
Nucleus
Testis
T
T
TR
Efferent Ducts
Rete Tubules
(Vas Efferentia)
Epididymis
Vas
Deferens
Seminiferous
Tubules
Tunica
Albuginea
XY Male
Testis Determining Factor
(SRY gene product)
Testes develop
Sertoli cells secrete
anti-mullerian hormone (AMH)
AMH causes leydig
cells to differentiate
Testosterone
Development of male
duct system
Degeneration of
Mullerian duct
Vas efferentia
Female Development
XX Female
No TDF
Testes Determining Factor
Ovaries Develop
No
Testosterone
Wolffian Ducts
Regress
No AMH
Mullerian ducts become
the oviducts, uterus, cervix
and part of the vagina
Ovarian
Development
Regressing
Tubules
Mullerian
Duct
Primary or
Epithelial
Sex Chords
Future Ovarian
Cortex
Wolffian
Duct
Regressing
Tubules
Mullerian
Duct
Regressing
Epithelial
Sex Chords
Future Ovarian
Cortex
Regressing
Wolffian
Duct
Regressing
Tubules
Primordial
Follicles
Mullerian
Duct
Regressing
Epithelial
Sex Chords
Future Ovarian
Cortex
Regressing
Wolffian
Duct
Secondary or
Cortical Sex
Chords
(egg nests)
Primordial
Follicles
Mullerian
Duct
Ovarian
Medulla
Regressing
Wolffian
Duct
Ovarian
Cortex
2nd Sex Chords in Fetal Ovary
Development
of the Uterus, Cervix
and Vagina
Mullerian Duct
Fused Mullerian
Duct
Hymen
Reproductive tract develops outside the
peritoneum!
Broad Ligament Development
(transverse anterior section)
Ovary
Regressing
Wolffian Duct
Mullerian
Duct
Ovary
Regressing
Wolffian
Duct
Mullerian
Duct
(Posterior Transverse Section)
Genital Fold
(Future Broad Ligament)
Regressing
Wolffian
Duct
Mullerian
Duct
Testis Determining Factor
(SRY gene product)
XX Female
XY Male
Testes develop
Sertoli cells secrete
anti-mullerian hormone (AMH)
AMH causes leydig
cells to differentiate
Testosterone
Development of male
duct system
No TDF
Degeneration of
Mullerian duct
Ovaries Develop
No
Testosterone
Degeneration of
Wolffian duct
No AMH
Mullerian ducts
become
the oviducts,
uterus, cervix
and part of the
vagina
Phenotypic Sex
XY Male
Testis Determining Factor
(SRY gene product)
Testes develop
Sertoli cells secrete
anti-mullerian hormone (AMH)
AMH causes leydig
cells to differentiate
Testosterone
Development of male
duct system
Degeneration of
Mullerian Duct
XY Male
Testis Determining Factor
(SRY gene product)
Testes develop
Sertoli cells secrete
anti-mullerian hormone (AMH)
AMH causes leydig
cells to differentiate
Degeneration of
Mullerian Duct
Testosterone
Dihydrotestosterone
Development of male
duct system
Development of penis
scrotum and accessory
sex glands
Wolffian Duct Cells
Nucleus
Testis
T
T
TR
Accessory Sex Glands* and External
Genitalia Cells
Nucleus
Testis
T
T
D
5Reductase
DR
*Prostate, Cowper’s Gland