Molecular basis of sex and reproductive status in breeding zebrafish

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-122

  Santos, E M ^a   Workman, V L ^b   Paull, G C ^a   Filby, A L ^a   Van Look, K J W ^c   Kille, P ^b   Tyler, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Danio rerio; Gonad; Individual transcriptome; Phenotypic anchoring; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; INHIBIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX11B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX21A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX31; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9B; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BREEDING; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GONAD; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; TESTIS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547491133     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00284.2006     Document Type: Article

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