High Polymorphism in the <i>Dmrt2a</i> Gene Is Incompletely Sex-Linked in Spotted Scat, <i>Scatophagus argus</i>

High Polymorphism in the <i>Dmrt2a</i> Gene Is Incompletely Sex-Linked in Spotted Scat, <i>Scatophagus argus</i>

Unlike mammals and birds, many fishes have young sex chromosomes, providing excellent models to study sex chromosome differentiation at early stages. Previous studies showed that spotted scat possesses an XX-XY sex determination system. The X has a complete <i>Dmrt3</i> copy (termed norm...

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Main Authors: Umar Farouk Mustapha, Daniel Assan, Yuan-Qing Huang, Guang-Li Li, Dong-Neng Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
<i>Dmrt2a</i>
mutations
indels
SNPs
sex-linked
sex-chromosome
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/5/613

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