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Analysis of medaka sox9 orthologue reveals a conserved role in germ cell maintenance.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Nakamura Shuhei, Watakabe Ikuko, Nishimura Toshiya, Toyoda Atsushi, Taniguchi Yoshihito, Tanaka Minoru
Abstract excerpt
The sex determining gene is divergent among different animal species. However, sox9 is up-regulated in the male gonads in a number of species in which it is the essential regulator of testis determination. It is therefore often discussed that the sex determining gene-sox9 axis functions in several vertebrates. In our current study, we show that sox9b in the medaka (Oryzias latipes) is one of the orthologues of...
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