1Department of Zoology, University of Jammu, Jammu-180006, India
2Department of Zoology, Govt. Degree College Doda, Doda City-182202, India
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Wahied Khawar Balwan, Asstt. Professor, Department of Zoology, Govt. Degree College, Doda, Doda City, Dist. Doda- 182202, J &K, India. E-mail: Wahied_kb@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 22 February, 2013.
The Androgen insensitivity (testicular feminization) syndrome is an X-linked recessive disorder where affected males despite having 46, XY karyotype, have some features of a female. 46, XY karyotype leads to the differentiation of testes ‘in utero’, but a defect in the gene coding for the androgen receptor results in complete insensitivity to circulating androgens. It is the most common cause for male pseudohermaphroditism; therefore, the case becomes important from genetic and medical viewpoint.
Testicular Feminization, Androgen Insensitivity
