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A sexual shift induced by silencing of a single insulin-like gene in crayfish: ovarian upregulation and testicular degeneration.
PloS one - 9 Dec 2010
Rosen Ohad, Manor Rivka, Weil Simy, Gafni Ohad, Linial Assaf, Aflalo Eliahu D, Ventura Tomer, Sagi Amir
Abstract excerpt
In sequential hermaphrodites, intersexuality occurs naturally, usually as a transition state during sexual re-differentiation processes. In crustaceans, male sexual differentiation is controlled by the male-specific androgenic gland (AG). An AG-specific insulin-like gene, previously identified in the red-claw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (designated Cq-IAG), was found in this study to be the prominent...
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