Reptiles are critically affected by temperature throughout their lifespan, but especially so
during early development. Temperature-induced changes in phenotype are a specific …

Studying environmental sex determination (ESD) in cichlids provides a phylogenetic and
comparative approach to understand the evolution of the underlying mechanisms, their …

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

Dichlorophenol (2, 4-DCP), an estrogenic endocrine disruptor, is widely spread in aquatic
environments and may interfere with normal physiological functions in fish. However, the …

As an important maricultured fish, the olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus shows sex-
dimorphic growth. Thus, the molecular mechanisms involved in sex control in P. olivaceus …

Study on fish sex differentiation is important both from academic and practical aspects. Foxl2
and Dmrt1 are important transcription factors that should be involved in fish gonadal …

Sex control is vital for the efficient breeding of aquaculture species. Barramundi (Lates
calcarifer) is a protandrous sequential hermaphrodite that naturally sex change from male to …

This interdisciplinary series brings together the most essential and captivating topics in the
life sciences. They range from the plant sciences to zoology, from the microbiome to …

Sex reversal induced by temperature change is a common feature in fish. Usually, the sex
ratio shift occurs when temperature deviates too much from normal during embryogenesis or …

Larimichthys crocea is one of the traditional marine culture fishes in China, widely
distributed in South China Sea, East Sea, and southern Yellow Sea. Sex dimorphism is …