The ontogenic gonadal transcriptomes provide insights into sex change in the ricefield eel Monopterus albus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The ricefield eel is a freshwater protogynous hermaphrodite fish and has become an important aquaculture species in China. The sex change of ricefield eel is impeding its aquaculture practice, particularly the large-scale artificial breeding. Many studies including transcriptomes of mixed gonadal samples from different individuals have been aimed to elucidate mechanisms underlying the sex change. However, the key physiological factors involved in the initiation of sex change remain to be identified.  RESULTS: The present study performed transcriptomic analysis on gonadal samples of different sexual stages obtained through biopsy from the same fish undergoing sex change. A total of 539,764,816 high-quality reads were generated from twelve cDNA libraries of gonadal tissues

SUBMITTER: Fan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10127409 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature