Participation of androgen and its receptor in sex determination of an amphibian species.

<h4>Introduction</h4>In the Japanese frog Rana (R.) rugosa the androgen receptor (AR) gene on the W chromosome (W-AR) is barely expressed. Previously we showed that incomplete female-to-male sex-reversal occurred in Z-AR transgenic female frogs. To date, however, there is no report showi...

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Main Authors: Akira Oike, Maho Kodama, Shigeki Yasumasu, Takashi Yamamoto, Yoriko Nakamura, Etsuro Ito, Masahisa Nakamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0178067&type=printable