Zebrafish sex: a complicated affair

WC Liew, L Orbán - Briefings in functional genomics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
In this review, we provide a detailed overview of studies on the elusive sex determination
(SD) and gonad differentiation mechanisms of zebrafish (Danio rerio). We show that the data …

The zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model organism, with emphasis on applications for finfish aquaculture research

L Ribas, F Piferrer - Reviews in Aquaculture, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The zebrafish (D anio rerio) is a freshwater teleost of the family C yprinidae that is
established as a model organism in many research fields. Here, we define the …

Characterization of Gonadal Transcriptomes from Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Reveals Differentially Expressed Genes

W Tao, J Yuan, L Zhou, L Sun, Y Sun, S Yang, M Li… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Four pairs of XX and XY gonads from Nile tilapia were sequenced at four developmental
stages, 5, 30, 90, and 180 days after hatching (dah) using Illumina HiseqTM technology …

Zebrafish sex differentiation and gonad development: a review on the impact of environmental factors

D Santos, A Luzio, AM Coimbra - Aquatic toxicology, 2017 - Elsevier
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is extensively used in research; however the mechanisms that
control this species sex determination are still poorly understood. In the latest decades, it …

Heat-induced masculinization in domesticated zebrafish is family-specific and yields a set of different gonadal transcriptomes

L Ribas, WC Liew, N Díaz… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding environmental influences on sex ratios is important for the study of the
evolution of sex-determining mechanisms and for evaluating the effects of global warming …

Behavioral and neurogenomic transcriptome changes in wild-derived zebrafish with fluoxetine treatment

RY Wong, SE Oxendine, J Godwin - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Background Stress and anxiety-related behaviors are seen in many organisms. Studies
have shown that in humans and other animals, treatment with selective serotonin reuptake …

Large-scale transcriptome sequencing reveals novel expression patterns for key sex-related genes in a sex-changing fish

H Liu, MS Lamm, K Rutherford, MA Black… - Biology of Sex …, 2015 - Springer
Background Teleost fishes exhibit remarkably diverse and plastic sexual developmental
patterns. One of the most astonishing is the rapid socially controlled female-to-male …

Sperm competition and the evolution of spermatogenesis

SA Ramm, L Schärer, J Ehmcke… - Molecular human …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Spermatogenesis is a long and complex process that, despite the shared overall goal of
producing the male gamete, displays striking amounts of interspecific diversity. In this …

The Ontogeny and Evolution of Sex-Biased Gene Expression in Drosophila melanogaster

JC Perry, PW Harrison, JE Mank - Molecular biology and …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Sexually dimorphic phenotypes are thought to largely result from sex differences in gene
expression, and genes with sex-biased expression have been well characterized in adults of …

Sex-biased gene expression and evolution of the x chromosome in nematodes

SE Albritton, AL Kranz, P Rao, M Kramer, C Dieterich… - Genetics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Studies of X chromosome evolution in various organisms have indicated that sex-biased
genes are nonrandomly distributed between the X and autosomes. Here, to extend these …