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Sex differentiation in an all-female (XX) rainbow trout population with a genetically governed masculinization phenotype.
Sexual development : genetics, molecular biology, evolution, endocrinology, embryology, and pathology of sex determination and differentiation - 1 Jan 2013
Valdivia K, Mourot B, Jouanno E, Volff J N, Galiana-Arnoux D, Guyomard R, Cauty C, Collin B, Rault P, Helary L, Fostier A, Quillet E, Guiguen Y
Abstract excerpt
Sex determination is known to be male heterogametic in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss; however, scattered observations that deviate from this rather strict genetic control have been reported. Here, we provide a detailed morphological and histological characterization of the gonadal differentiation and development (from 43 days postfertilization to 11 months of age) in an all-female (XX) population with a...
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