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Ectopic over expression of kiss1 may compensate for the loss of kiss2.
General and comparative endocrinology - 1 Sept 2020
Etzion Talya, Zmora Nilli, Zohar Yonatan, Levavi-Sivan Berta, Golan Matan, Gothilf Yoav
Abstract excerpt
Kisspeptin (KISS) is a neuropeptide which plays a central role in the regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, and is essential for sexual maturation and fertility in mammals. Unlike mammals, which possess only one KISS gene, two paralogous genes, kiss1 and kiss2, have been identified in zebrafish and other non-mammalian vertebrates. Previous studies suggest that Kiss2, but not Kiss1, is the...
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