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A Tandem Duplicate of Anti-Müllerian Hormone with a Missense SNP on the Y Chromosome Is Essential for Male Sex Determination in Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus.
PLoS genetics - 1 Nov 2015
Li Minghui, Sun Yunlv, Zhao Jiue, Shi Hongjuan, Zeng Sheng, Ye Kai, Jiang Dongneng, Zhou Linyan, Sun Lina, Tao Wenjing, Nagahama Yoshitaka, Kocher Thomas D, Wang Deshou
Abstract excerpt
Variation in the TGF-β signaling pathway is emerging as an important mechanism by which gonadal sex determination is controlled in teleosts. Here we show that amhy, a Y-specific duplicate of the anti-Müllerian hormone (amh) gene, induces male sex determination in Nile tilapia. amhy is a tandem duplicate located immediately downstream of amhΔ-y on the Y chromosome. The coding sequence of amhy was identical to the...
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