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
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Biological Evolution
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Chromosome Mapping
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Female
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Fish Proteins / genetics
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Genetic Markers
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High Mobility Group Proteins / genetics
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Hybridization, Genetic
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Male
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SOX9 Transcription Factor
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Sex Determination Processes*
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Species Specificity
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Takifugu / genetics*
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Transcription Factors / genetics
Substances
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DMRT1 protein
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Fish Proteins
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Genetic Markers
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High Mobility Group Proteins
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SOX9 Transcription Factor
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Transcription Factors