Geyer S J, Gill T J, Kunz H W
J Immunogenet. 1983 Feb;10(1):55-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-313x.1983.tb01017.x.
The growth and reproduction complex contains recessive genes (grc) which influence body weight and gonadal development. Homozygous males are sterile, and they have an arrest of spermatogenesis at the primary spermatocyte stage. Homozygous females are fertile but have a reduced reproductive capacity. The data presented in this paper show that the latter defect is associated with a decrease in the relative number of secondary ovarian follicles and an increase in the number of atretic follicles. This finding indicates that most of the primary follicles do not mature properly. Thus, the genetic defect in gametogenesis controlled by the grc appears to occur at the same stage of development in both females and males.
生长与繁殖复合体包含影响体重和性腺发育的隐性基因（grc）。纯合雄性不育，其精子发生在初级精母细胞阶段停滞。纯合雌性可育但生殖能力下降。本文所呈现的数据表明，后一种缺陷与次级卵巢卵泡相对数量的减少以及闭锁卵泡数量的增加有关。这一发现表明大多数初级卵泡不能正常成熟。因此，由grc控制的配子发生中的遗传缺陷似乎在雌性和雄性的同一发育阶段出现。
