Sexual determination in zebrafish

D Aharon, FL Marlow - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Zebrafish have emerged as a major model organism to study vertebrate reproduction due to
their high fecundity and external development of eggs and embryos. The mechanisms …

Genetic and epigenetic regulation of growth, reproduction, disease resistance and stress responses in aquaculture

Z Liu, T Zhou, D Gao - Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Major progress has been made with genomic and genetic studies in aquaculture in the last
decade. However, research on epigenetic regulation of aquaculture traits is still at an early …

The admixed brushtail possum genome reveals invasion history in New Zealand and novel imprinted genes

DM Bond, O Ortega-Recalde, MK Laird… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Combining genome assembly with population and functional genomics can provide
valuable insights to development and evolution, as well as tools for species management …

Genomic imprinting-like monoallelic paternal expression determines sex of channel catfish

W Wang, Y Yang, S Tan, T Zhou, Y Liu, C Tian… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The X and Y chromosomes of channel catfish have the same gene contents. Here, we report
allelic hypermethylation of the X chromosome within the sex determination region (SDR) …

Chromosome-level assembly and annotation of the Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758) genome

F Cruz, J Gómez-Garrido, M Gut, TS Alioto… - DNA …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The pearly razorfish (Xyrichtys novacula), commonly known as raor in the Balearic Islands,
is a wrasse within the family Labridae. This fish species has particular biological and socio …

Paternal genetic intergenerational and transgenerational effects of cadmium exposure on hormone synthesis disorders in progeny ovarian granulosa cells

Y Sun, C Zhang, L Luo, H Lin, C Liu, W Zhang - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
To investigate the paternal genetic effects of cadmium (Cd) exposure on hormone synthesis
disorders in the ovarian granulosa cells (GCs) of offspring. Here, male Sprague‒Dawley …

The role of DNA methylation reprogramming during sex determination and sex reversal in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas

D Sun, H Yu, L Kong, S Liu, C Xu, Q Li - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
DNA methylation is instrumental in vertebrate sex reversal. However, the mechanism of DNA
methylation regulation regarding sex reversal in invertebrates is unclear. In this study, we …

Tributyltin causes generational neurodevelopmental toxicity and the protective effect of folic acid in zebrafish

H Cai, N Zheng, C Tang, Y Zhang, Z Zuo… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tributyltin (TBT), a common organotin environmental pollutant, may pose a threat to human
development during critical early-life periods. We aimed to assess the neurodevelopmental …

Pervasive male-biased expression throughout the germline-specific regions of the sea lamprey genome supports key roles in sex differentiation and spermatogenesis

T Yasmin, P Grayson, MF Docker, SV Good - Communications Biology, 2022 - nature.com
Sea lamprey undergo programmed genome rearrangement (PGR) in which∼ 20% of the
genome is jettisoned from somatic cells during embryogenesis. Although the role of PGR in …

Genome-wide association study reveals genomic loci of sex differentiation and gonadal development in Plectropomus leopardus

J Gao, Y Wang, J Liu, F Chen, Y Guo, H Ke… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Plectropomus leopardus, a commercially significant marine fish, is primarily
found in the Western Pacific regions and along the coast of Southeast Asia. A thorough …