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The sex-determining locus in the tiger pufferfish, Takifugu rubripes.
Kikuchi, Kiyoshi; Kai, Wataru; Hosokawa, Ayumi; Mizuno, Naoki; Suetake, Hiroaki; Asahina, Kiyoshi; Suzuki, Yuzuru.
Affiliation
  • Kikuchi K; Fisheries Laboratory, University of Tokyo, Maisaka, Shizuoka 431-0214, Japan. akikuchi@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Genetics ; 175(4): 2039-42, 2007 Apr.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17287528
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.
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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Sex Determination Processes / Takifugu Type of study: Prognostic_studies Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Genetics Year: 2007 Type: Article Affiliation country: Japan

Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Sex Determination Processes / Takifugu Type of study: Prognostic_studies Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Genetics Year: 2007 Type: Article Affiliation country: Japan