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Green light irradiation during sex differentiation induces female-to-male sex reversal in the medaka Oryzias latipes
20 Feb 2019
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This study investigated whether irradiation of a specific light wavelength could affect the sex differentiation of fish. We first found that the photoreceptor genes responsible for receiving red, green, and ultraviolet light were expressed in the eyes of medaka during the sex differentiation period. Second, we revealed that testes developed in 15.9% of genotypic females reared under green light irradiation. These...
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