Comparative Transcriptome Analyses Characterize Expression Signatures Among Males, Females, Neo-Males, and Gynogenetic Females in the Yellow Drum (Nibea albiflora).

ABSTRACT: The yellow drum (Nibea albiflora) is one of the most important marine economic fish in China, and its sexually dimorphic growth makes it preferable for mono-sex culture. Although gynogenesis and neo-male induction techniques have been established, the molecular pathways and regulatory mechanisms of sex determination and maintenance in gynogenetic females and neo-males remains far from fully understood. In this study, the gene expression profiles were investigated in the gonads and brains of wild-type male, wild-type female, neo-male, and gynogenetic female yellow drum using comparative transcriptome analyses. Generally, a total of 52,999 novel transcripts were obtained in RNA-seq, of which 45,651 were isoforms of known protein-coding genes, 1,358 novel protein-coding genes, and 5,99

SUBMITTER: Zhu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9136215 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature