The integration of genomic and environmental influences into methylation patterns to bring
about a phenotype is of central interest in developmental epigenetics, but many details are …

Sex ratio shifts in response to temperature are common in fish and reptiles. However, the
mechanism linking temperature during early development and sex ratios has remained …

The embryonic gonad is the only organ that takes two mutually exclusive differentiating
pathways and hence gives rise to two different adult organs: testes or ovaries. The recent …

The current knowledge on epigenetics and gene expression regulation during sexual
development in fish is reviewed. Gonochoristic species with different types of sex …

Background Sex in fish is plastic and in several species can be influenced by environmental
factors. In sensitive species, elevated temperatures have a masculinizing effect. Previous …

The European sea bass is a teleost fish that lacks sex chromosomes and for which
temperature influences sex ratios. However, correlation between temperature …

The sex ratio is a key ecological demographic parameter crucial for population viability.
However, the epigenetic mechanisms operating during gonadal development regulating …

Background Understanding the consequences of thermal and chemical variations in aquatic
habitats is of importance in a scenario of global change. In ecology, the sex ratio is a major …

Global climate change and heat waves are sources of stress which fish are facing in the wild
as well as in aquaculture context. In coping with important environmental variations, they …

Sex determination is a complex process that can be influenced by environment in various
taxa. Disturbed environments can affect population sex ratios and thus threaten their …