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Two alleles of the Sox9a2 in the rice field eel.
Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution - 15 Oct 2003
Lu Heng, Cheng Hanhua, Guo Yiqing, Zhou Rongjia
Abstract excerpt
A variety of strategies for sex determination mechanisms have been utilized in vertebrates. The Sox9 gene encodes a transcription factor that is critical for testis determination and chondrogenesis in vertebrates. We present here the polymorphisms of the Sox9a gene in population in the rice field eel, a fresh-water fish with naturally sex reversal characteristic from female via intersex into male during its life....
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