Conserved sex-specific timing of meiotic initiation during sex differentiation in the protandrous black porgy Acanthopagrus schlegelii

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Lau, En Lieng ^a   Lee, Mong Fong ^b   Chang, Ching Fong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PENGHU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cyp26; Dmc1; Estradiol estradiol receptor; Meiosis; Oocyte development; Protandry; Retinoids; Sex differentiation; Sycp3

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 26A1; DOSAGE SUPPRESSOR OF MCK1 HOMOLOG; ESTRADIOL; PROTEIN DAZL; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR BETA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR GAMMA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX PROTEIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELII; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HERMAPHRODITIC SPECIES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

CYP26; DMC1; ESTRADIOL/ESTRADIOL RECEPTOR; MEIOSIS; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PROTANDRY; RETINOIDS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SYCP3;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MEIOSIS; OVARY; PERCHES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84882239898     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.105536     Document Type: Article

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