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The novel mutant scl of the medaka fish, Oryzias latipes, shows no secondary sex characters.
Zoological science - 1 Mar 2008
Sato Tadashi, Suzuki Aya, Shibata Naoki, Sakaizumi Mitsuru, Hamaguchi Satoshi
Abstract excerpt
A new mutant that has neither male nor female secondary sex characters was found in the medaka, Oryzias latipes. Both XX and XY mature mutants had gonads with many spermatozoa, but spawning did not occur when the mutants were paired with normal males or normal females. F1 progeny were successfully obtained by artificial insemination using unfertilized eggs from wild-type females and spermatozoa of the XY mutant....
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