A diverse array of sex determination (SD) mechanisms, encompassing environmental to
genetic, have been found to exist among vertebrates, covering a spectrum from fixed SD …

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 …

The discovery of the Sry gene in 1990 triggered a revolution in our understanding of sex
determination. More recently, advances in non-model organisms have been fuelled by the …

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Variation in the TGF-β signaling pathway is emerging as an important mechanism by which
gonadal sex determination is controlled in teleosts. Here we show that amhy, a Y-specific …

To date, more than 20 different vertebrate master sex-determining genes have been
identified on different sex chromosomes of mammals, birds, frogs and fish. Interestingly, six …

Sexual reproduction is a fundamental aspect of life. It is defined by the occurrence of meiosis
and the fusion of two gametes of different sexes or mating types. Sex-determination …

The dmrt1 (doublesex and mab-3 related transcription factor 1) gene is a key regulator of
sex determination and/or gonadal sex differentiation across metazoan animals. This is …

Since the discovery of Sry in mammals [1, 2], few other master sex-determining genes have
been identified in vertebrates [3–7]. To date, all of these genes have been characterized as …

Three sex-determining (SD) genes, SRY (mammals), Dmy (medaka), and DM-W (Xenopus
laevis), have been identified to date in vertebrates. However, how and why a new sex …