Polygenic Sex Determination System in Zebrafish

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Woei Chang Liew · Nanyang Technological University

Richárd Bártfai · Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory

Zijie Lim · Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory

Rajini Sreenivasan · Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory

Kellee R. Siegfried · Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

László Orbán · University of Pannonia

Abstract

Taken together, our study suggests that zebrafish sex is genetically determined with limited, secondary influences from the environment. As we have not found any sign for CSD in the species, we propose that the zebrafish has a polygenic sex determination system.

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Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetic diversity and population structure

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Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 7, Issue 4, pp. e34397-e34397

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034397

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