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Homozygous Mutation of gsdf Causes Infertility in Female Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).
Frontiers in endocrinology - 1 Jan 2022
Jiang Dong-Neng, Peng You-Xing, Liu Xing-Yong, Mustapha Umar Farouk, Huang Yuan-Qing, Shi Hong-Juan, Li Ming-Hui, Li Guang-Li, Wang De-Shou
Abstract excerpt
Gonadal somatic cell-derived factor (Gsdf) is a member of the TGF-β superfamily, which exists mainly in fishes. Homozygous gsdf mutations in Japanese medaka and zebrafish resulted in infertile females, and the reasons for their infertility remain unknown. This study presents functional studies of Gsdf in ovary development using CRISPR/Cas9 in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). The XX wild type (WT) female fish...
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