A SNP in a Steroidogenic Enzyme Is Associated with Phenotypic Sex in Seriola Fishes

• Published in: Current biology Vol. 29; no. 11; pp. 1901 - 1909.e8
• Main Authors: Koyama, Takashi, Nakamoto, Masatoshi, Morishima, Kagayaki, Yamashita, Ryohei, Yamashita, Takefumi, Sasaki, Kohei, Kuruma, Yosuke, Mizuno, Naoki, Suzuki, Moe, Okada, Yoshiharu, Ieda, Risa, Uchino, Tsubasa, Tasumi, Satoshi, Hosoya, Sho, Uno, Seiichi, Koyama, Jiro, Toyoda, Atsushi, Kikuchi, Kiyoshi, Sakamoto, Takashi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 03.06.2019
• Subjects: Seriola; sex-determining gene; steroid-induced sex determination; sex-determining gene; steroid-induced sex determination; Seriola

Vertebrate sex development consists largely of two processes: “sex determination,” the initial bifurcation of sexual identity, and “sex differentiation,” which subsequently facilitates maleness or femaleness according to the sex determination signal. Steroid hormones promote multiple types of sexual...