PUBLICATION
Genetic basis and biotechnological manipulation of sexual dimorphism and sex determination in fish.
- Authors
- Mei, J., Gui, J.F.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-170210-11
- Date
- 2015
- Source
- Science China. Life sciences 58(2): 124-36 (Review)
- Registered Authors
- Gui, Jian-Fang, Mei, Jie
- Keywords
- reproduction strategies, sexual dimorphism, sex determination, sex-determining gene, sex chromosome, sex control breeding
- MeSH Terms
-
- Animals
- Aquaculture/economics
- Aquaculture/methods
- Biotechnology/methods*
- Biotechnology/trends
- Female
- Fisheries/economics
- Fisheries/methods
- Fishes/genetics*
- Fishes/growth & development
- Genomics/methods
- Genomics/trends
- Male
- Sex Characteristics*
- Sex Determination Processes*
- PubMed
- 25563981 Full text @ Sci. China Ser. C-Life Sci.
Citation
Mei, J., Gui, J.F. (2015) Genetic basis and biotechnological manipulation of sexual dimorphism and sex determination in fish.. Science China. Life sciences. 58(2):124-36.
Abstract
Aquaculture has made an enormous contribution to the world food production, especially to the sustainable supply of animal proteins. The utility of diverse reproduction strategies in fish, such as the exploiting use of unisexual gynogenesis, has created a typical case of fish genetic breeding. A number of fish species show substantial sexual dimorphism that is closely linked to multiple economic traits including growth rate and body size, and the efficient development of sex-linked genetic markers and sex control biotechnologies has provided significant approaches to increase the production and value for commercial purposes. Along with the rapid development of genomics and molecular genetic techniques, the genetic basis of sexual dimorphism has been gradually deciphered, and great progress has been made in the mechanisms of fish sex determination and identification of sex-determining genes. This review summarizes the progress to provide some directive and objective thinking for further research in this field.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping