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Induction of female-to-male sex reversal by high temperature treatment in Medaka, Oryzias latipes.
Zoological science - 1 Sept 2005
Sato Tadashi, Endo Tomokazu, Yamahira Kazunori, Hamaguchi Satoshi, Sakaizumi Mitsuru
Abstract excerpt
Medaka, Oryzias latipes, has a firm XX-XY sex-determining system with the sex-determining gene, DMY, on the Y chromosome. However, previous studies have suggested that high water temperature might affect sex determination in Medaka. In the present study, the influence of high water temperature on...
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