Testicular dmrt1 is involved in the sexual fate of the ovotestis in the protandrous black porgy

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Wu, Guan Chung ^a   Chiu, Po Chia ^a   Lin, Chien Ju ^a   Lyu, Ying Syuan ^a   Lan, Dan Suei ^a   Chang, Ching Fong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gonadal function; Hermaphroditism; Ovary; Sex change; Sex determination; Sex differentiation; Testis

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; DMRT1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DMRT1 GENE; FEMALE; FISH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GROUPS BY AGE; HERMAPHRODITIC SPECIES; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVOTESTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL; GENETICS; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELII;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; MALE; PERCIFORMES; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84857194371     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.095695     Document Type: Article

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