... process), and the further differentia-tion of the whole organism into two distinct phenotypes,are common throughout the animal, plant and fungikingdoms. Nevertheless, with respect to animals ... how the initial molecu-lar activity of Sry is translated into cellular structure and organ morphology. Interestingly, Dmrt1, the ancestor of Dmrt1bY, is one of the downstream effec-tors of Sry ... shown to be the major male and female determinants, respectively. Altogether, itappears that when earlier in the cascade of sex deter-mination, the role of Dmrt1 is first to be an inducer of sex...