Sex determination mechanisms and sex control approaches in aquaculture animals

XY Li, J Mei, CT Ge, XL Liu, JF Gui - Science China Life Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Aquaculture is one of the most efficient modes of animal protein production and plays an
important role in global food security. Aquaculture animals exhibit extraordinarily diverse …

Diversity and Convergence of Sex-Determination Mechanisms in Teleost Fish

J Kitano, S Ansai, Y Takehana… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Sexual reproduction is prevalent across diverse taxa. However, sex-determination
mechanisms are so diverse that even closely related species often differ in sex …

Identification of sex chromosome and sex-determining gene of southern catfish (Silurus meridionalis) based on XX, XY and YY genome sequencing

S Zheng, W Tao, H Yang, TD Kocher… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Teleosts are important models to study sex chromosomes and sex-determining (SD) genes
because they present a variety of sex determination systems. Here, we used Nanopore and …

Characterization of the male-specific region containing the candidate sex-determining gene in Amur catfish (Silurus asotus) using third-generation-and pool …

S Zheng, W Tao, H Tao, H Yang, L Wu, F Shao… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Amur catfish (Silurus asotus) is an ecologically and economically important fish species in
Asia. Here, we assembled the female and male Amur catfish genomes, with genome sizes of …

Master-key regulators of sex determination in fish and other vertebrates—A review

AY Curzon, A Shirak, M Ron, E Seroussi - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
In vertebrates, mainly single genes with an allele ratio of 1: 1 trigger sex-determination (SD),
leading to initial equal sex-ratios. Such genes are designated master-key regulators (MKRs) …

An ancient truncated duplication of the anti‐Müllerian hormone receptor type 2 gene is a potential conserved master sex determinant in the Pangasiidae catfish family

M Wen, Q Pan, E Jouanno, J Montfort… - Molecular ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of sex determination (SD) in teleosts is amazingly dynamic, as reflected by the
variety of different master sex‐determining genes identified. Pangasiids are economically …

Independent Evolution of Sex Chromosomes and Male Pregnancy–Related Genes in Two Seahorse Species

X Long, D Charlesworth, J Qi, R Wu… - Molecular Biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Unlike birds and mammals, many teleosts have homomorphic sex chromosomes, and
changes in the chromosome carrying the sex-determining locus, termed “turnovers”, are …

The genetic basis of the leafy seadragon's unique camouflage morphology and avenues for its efficient conservation derived from habitat modeling

M Qu, Y Zhang, Z Gao, Z Zhang, Y Liu, S Wan… - Science China Life …, 2023 - Springer
The leafy seadragon certainly is among evolution's most “beautiful and wonderful” species
aptly named for its extraordinary camouflage mimicking its coastal seaweed habitat …

Sex locus and sex markers identification using whole genome pool-sequencing approach in the largemouth bass (Micropterus Salmoides L.)

M Wen, Y Zhang, S Wang, F Hu, C Tang, Q Li, QB Qin… - Aquaculture, 2022 - Elsevier
The mechanism of sex determination in teleost evolves in an amazing speed contrary to
mammals and birds. Different populations of the same species may use different sex …

Continuous tooth replacement: what can teleost fish teach us?

A Huysseune, PE Witten - Biological Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Most tooth‐bearing non‐mammalian vertebrates have the capacity to replace their teeth
throughout life. This capacity was lost in mammals, which replace their teeth only once at …