Molecular mechanisms of sex determination and gonadal sex differentiation in fish

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 105-109

  Nagahama, Y ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DMRT1; Estrogen; Fish; Gonadal sex differentiation; Sex determining gene

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FISH PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN DMRT1; PROTEIN DMY; STEROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE MUTATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TILAPIA;

TILAPIA;

EID: 33748436818     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-006-7590-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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