Mullerian

Sasco AJ, Raffi F, Satge D, Goburdhun J, Fallou HB, Leduc B (1995) Endometrial mullerian carcinosarcoma after cessation of tamoxifen therapy for breast cancer. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 48 307-310... 

Haqq, C.M., King, C.Y., Ukiyama, E., Falsafi, S., Haqq, T.N., Donahoe, P.K., and Weiss, M.A. (1994) Molecular basis of mammalian sexual determination activation of Mullerian inhibiting substance gene expression by SRY. Science 266, 1494-1500. 

Two speculative possibilities relate to olfactory aposematism. The first is whether there are non-toxic plants that smell or taste like toxic ones. In other words, do plants practice Batesian mimicry. Such mimicry is unlikely, as mammalian herbivores constantly sample plants and thereby test for favorable and adverse effects of eating a particular species. Furthermore, given the keen sense of smell of mammals, two plant species would have to exactly smell alike for mimicry to work. Second, do two distasteful or toxic plant species smell or taste alike so that herbivores can more easily classify dangerous plants and avoid them (Mullerian mimicry) (Eisner and Grant, 1981 Lindroth, 1988 Augner and Bernays, 1998). 

Behringer RR (1995) The mullerian inhibitor and mammalian sexual development. Philos Trans R Soc Lond Biol Sci, 350(1333) 285-289. 

The members of the family Arctiidae, which numbers over 11 000 species, are often brilliantly colored (Watson and Goodger, 1986 Holloway, 1988 Weller etal, 2000a). In addition to standard aposematic red, yellow, or black patterns, adults and larvae may have iridescent blue and green, or even pearly white, coloration. White can be considered aposematic when individuals rest conspicuously on green vegetation. Numerous species are involved in mimicry rings with other distasteful species. Many adults are superb Mullerian mimics of lycid beetles, bees, wasps,... 

Rothschild, M. (1961). Defensive odours and Mullerian mimicry among insects. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 113 101-113. 

In the early mammalian female embryo the absence of the Mullerian inhibitory substance MIS permits continuing development of the Mullerian duct, while the absence of testosterone permits the Wolffian duct to degenerate. However, positive developmental signals are also required. Among these is the protein Wnt-4, a member of a large family of locally acting signal molecules (Section 4). Wnt-4 may be needed both for oocyte development and for further suppression of male development.261... 

Two well-documented cases of uterine carcinosarcoma have been reported in elderly women after 6 and 7 years of tamoxifen treatment (101). At laparotomy, a heterologous malignant mixed Mullerian tumor with peritoneal spread was found in each case and rapidly proved fatal large uterine polyps with special histological features may represent an intermediate step in the formation of such tumors (102). 

Clement PB, Oliva E, Young RH. Mullerian adenosar-coma of the uterine corpus associated with tamoxifen therapy a report of six cases and a review of tamoxifen-associated endometrial lesions. Int J Gynecol Pathol 1996 15(3) 222-9. 

Jessop FA, Roberts PF. Mullerian adenosarcoma of the uterus in association with tamoxifen therapy. Histopathology 2000 36(l) 91-2. 

The Sertoli cells in the testis synthesize and secrete a variety of active proteins, including mullerian duct inhibitory factor, inhibin, and activin. As in the ovary, inhibin and activin appear to be the product of three genes that produce a common alpha subunit and two beta subunits, A and B. 

Biason-Lauber A, Konrad D, Navratil F, Schoenle EJ (2004) A WNT4 mutation associated with Mullerian-duct regression and virilization in a 46,XX woman. N Engl J Med, 351(8) 792-798. 

MIS (Mullerian inhibiting substance) or AMH (anti-Mtillerian hormone) Regression of the Mullerian duct... 

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