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Medaka dmY/dmrt1Y is not the universal primary sex-determining gene in fish.
Trends in genetics : TIG - 1 Apr 2003
Volff Jean-Nicolas, Kondo Mariko, Schartl Manfred
Abstract excerpt
An outstanding candidate for a primary male-determining gene equivalent to Sry of mammals has been recently described from a non-mammalian vertebrate, the medaka fish (Oryzias latipes). However, the universality of dmY/dmrt1Y as the master sex-determining gene in fish is questionable. Phylogenetic analysis shows that dmY/dmrt1Y is an evolutionarily young Y chromosome-specific duplicate of a gene involved in...
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