Limited sex-biased neural gene expression patterns across strains in Zebrafish (Danio rerio).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Male and female vertebrates typically differ in a range of characteristics, from morphology to physiology to behavior, which are influenced by factors such as the social environment and the internal hormonal and genetic milieu. However, sex differences in gene expression profiles in the brains of vertebrates are only beginning to be understood. Fishes provide a unique complement to studies of sex differences in mammals and birds given that fish show extreme plasticity and lability of sexually dimorphic characters and behaviors during development and even adulthood. Hence, teleost models can give additional insight into sexual differentiation. The goal of this study is to identify neurotranscriptomic mechanisms for sex differences in the brain.

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SUBMITTER: Wong RY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4216363 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature