Comparison of Adult Testis and Ovary MicroRNA Expression Profiles in Reeves' Pond Turtles (Mauremys reevesii) With Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination.

ABSTRACT: Some differentially expressed genes (DEGs) that encode key enzymes involved in steroidogenic biosynthesis (CYP19A1) and key molecules related to gonadal functions (DMRT1, SOX9, AMH, FOXL2, WNT4, RSPO2, and GDF9) have been identified in adult gonadal RNA-seq studies of Reeves' pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii) with temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD). Gonadal functional maintenance and gametogenesis comprises a highly regulated and coordinated biological process, and increasing evidence indicates that microRNAs (miRNAs) may be involved in this dynamic program. However, it is not clear how the regulatory network comprising miRNAs changes the expression levels of these genes. In this study, miRNA sequencing of adult testis

SUBMITTER: Xiong L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7061903 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature