Zebrafish monosex population reveals female dominance in sex determination and earliest events of gonad differentiation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 344, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 849-856

  Tong, Sok Keng ^a,b   Hsu, Hwei Jan ^a   Chung, Bon Chu ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Germ cells; Juvenile; Male; Ovary; Somatic cell; Testis

Indexed keywords

METHYLTESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 77955272548     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.05.515     Document Type: Article

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