Cross talk between germ cells and gonadal somatic cells is critical for sex differentiation of the gonads in the teleost fish, medaka (Oryzias latipes)

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 273-278

  Tanaka, Minoru ^a,b   Saito, Daisuke ^a   Morinaga, Chikako ^c   Kurokawa, Hiromi ^a,d,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germ cells; Gonad; hotei mutant; Medaka; Proliferation; Sex reversal; zenzai mutant

Indexed keywords

CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMINIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; TELEOST; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GONAD; MALE; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GONADS; MALE; ORYZIAS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 41649091287     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2008.01015.x     Document Type: Review

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