Novel sex‐determining genes in fish and sex chromosome evolution

K Kikuchi, S Hamaguchi - Developmental Dynamics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Although the molecular mechanisms underlying many developmental events are conserved
across vertebrate taxa, the lability at the top of the sex‐determining (SD) cascade has been …

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 …

Identification of the master sex determining gene in Northern pike (Esox lucius) reveals restricted sex chromosome differentiation

Q Pan, R Feron, A Yano, R Guyomard, E Jouanno… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Teleost fishes, thanks to their rapid evolution of sex determination mechanisms, provide
remarkable opportunities to study the formation of sex chromosomes and the mechanisms …

Transposon-induced epigenetic silencing in the X chromosome as a novel form of dmrt1 expression regulation during sex determination in the fighting fish

L Wang, F Sun, ZY Wan, Z Yang, YX Tay, M Lee, B Ye… - BMC biology, 2022 - Springer
Background Fishes are the one of the most diverse groups of animals with respect to their
modes of sex determination, providing unique models for uncovering the evolutionary and …

Identification of sex chromosome and sex-determining gene of southern catfish (Silurus meridionalis) based on XX, XY and YY genome sequencing

S Zheng, W Tao, H Yang, TD Kocher… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Teleosts are important models to study sex chromosomes and sex-determining (SD) genes
because they present a variety of sex determination systems. Here, we used Nanopore and …

Dmrt1 genes at the crossroads: a widespread and central class of sexual development factors in fish

A Herpin, M Schartl - The FEBS journal, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A plethora of corroborative genetic studies led to the view that, across the animal kingdom,
the gene‐regulatory cascades triggering sexual development bear little resemblance to …

Allelic diversification after transposable element exaptation promoted gsdf as the master sex determining gene of sablefish

A Herpin, M Schartl, A Depincé, Y Guiguen… - Genome …, 2021 - genome.cshlp.org
Concepts of evolutionary biology suggest that morphological change may occur by rare
punctual but rather large changes, or by more steady and gradual transformations. It can …

Sox5 is involved in germ-cell regulation and sex determination in medaka following co-option of nested transposable elements

M Schartl, S Schories, Y Wakamatsu, Y Nagao… - BMC biology, 2018 - Springer
Background Sex determination relies on a hierarchically structured network of genes, and is
one of the most plastic processes in evolution. The evolution of sex-determining genes …

[HTML][HTML] Vertebrate sex-determining genes play musical chairs

Q Pan, J Anderson, S Bertho… - Comptes …, 2016 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
Sexual reproduction is one of the most highly conserved processes in evolution. However,
the genetic and cellular mechanisms making the decision of whether the undifferentiated …

Divergent expression regulation of gonad development genes in medaka shows incomplete conservation of the downstream regulatory network of vertebrate sex …

A Herpin, MC Adolfi, B Nicol… - Molecular biology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Genetic control of male or female gonad development displays between different groups of
organisms a remarkable diversity of “master sex-determining genes” at the top of the genetic …