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Coexistence of genotypic and temperature-dependent sex determination in pejerrey Odontesthes bonariensis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Yamamoto Yoji, Zhang Yan, Sarida Munti, Hattori Ricardo S, Strüssmann Carlos A
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we examined whether a homolog of the master sex-determining gene amhy of Odontesthes hatcheri is present and plays any role in testis determination of pejerrey O. bonariensis, a species otherwise known for its strong temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD). Screening of wild and laboratory-reared pejerrey for amhy revealed a high, although not complete linkage with phenotypic sex. The sex...
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