Tracing the Emergence of a Novel Sex-Determining Gene in Medaka, <i>Oryzias luzonensis</i>

Myosho, Taijun; Otake, Hiroyuki; Masuyama, Haruo; Matsuda, Masaru; Kuroki, Yoko; Fujiyama, Asao; Naruse, Kiyoshi; Hamaguchi, Satoshi; Sakaizumi, Mitsuru

doi:10.1534/genetics.111.137497

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Tracing the Emergence of a Novel Sex-Determining Gene in Medaka, Oryzias luzonensis

Published in Genetics • Feb 24, 2012

Authors:

Taijun Myosho

Hiroyuki Otake

Haruo Masuyama

Abstract

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-determining gene appears remains unknown, as do the switching mechanisms of the master sex-determining gene. Here, we used positional ...

Subject

Oryzias

Biology

Testis determining factor

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