Mittwoch U
J Med Genet. 1977 Oct;14(5):335-8. doi: 10.1136/jmg.14.5.335.
The evolutionary conservation of H-Y antigen and its expression in the heterogametic sex regardless of whether this is male or female must mean that the antigen is associated with a common denominator underlying the development of mammalian testes and avian ovaries. It is suggested that one such common denominator is an enhanced growth rate of the dominant heterogametic gonad at a critical stage of its development.
H-Y抗原的进化保守性及其在异配性别中的表达，无论该性别是雄性还是雌性，这必然意味着该抗原与哺乳动物睾丸和鸟类卵巢发育的共同基础相关。有人提出，这样一个共同基础是在其发育的关键阶段，优势异配性腺的生长速率加快。
