2014/01/01 by Zhigang Shen, Han‐Ping Wang · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities #Animal Genetics and Reproduction #Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
paper · pdf · doi:10.1186/1297-9686-46-26
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The molecular mechanisms that underlie sex determination and differentiation are conserved and diversified. In fish species, temperature-dependent sex determination and differentiation seem to be ubiquitous and molecular players involved in these mechanisms may be conserved. Although how the ambient temperature transduces signals to the undifferentiated gonads remains to be elucidated, the genes downstream in the sex differentiation pathway are shared between sex-determining mechanisms. In this paper, we review recent advances on the molecular players that participate in the sex determination and differentiation in fish species, by putting emphasis on temperature-dependent sex determination and differentiation, which include temperature-dependent sex determination and genetic sex determination plus temperature effects. Application of temperature-dependent sex differentiation in farmed fish and the consequences of temperature-induced sex reversal are discussed.