The sex-determining locus in the tiger pufferfish, Takifugu rubripes

Genetics. 2007 Apr;175(4):2039-42. doi: 10.1534/genetics.106.069278. Epub 2007 Feb 7.

Abstract

The tiger pufferfish (fugu), Takifugu rubripes, is a model fish that has had its genome entirely sequenced. By performing genomewide linkage analyses, we show that the sex of fugu is determined by a single chromosomal region on linkage group 19 in an XX-XY system.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Evolution
  • Chromosome Mapping
  • Female
  • Fish Proteins / genetics
  • Genetic Markers
  • High Mobility Group Proteins / genetics
  • Hybridization, Genetic
  • Male
  • SOX9 Transcription Factor
  • Sex Determination Processes*
  • Species Specificity
  • Takifugu / genetics*
  • Transcription Factors / genetics

Substances

  • DMRT1 protein
  • Fish Proteins
  • Genetic Markers
  • High Mobility Group Proteins
  • SOX9 Transcription Factor
  • Transcription Factors