The Sex-Specific Splicing of Doublesex in Brine Shrimp Artemia franciscana.

ABSTRACT: The understanding of sex determination and differentiation in animals has recently made remarkable strides through the use of advanced research tools. At the gene level, the Mab-3-related transcription factor (Dmrt) gene family, which encodes for the typical DNA-binding doublesex/Mab-3 (DM) domain in their protein, is known for its contribution to sex determination and differentiation in insects. In this study, DNA-binding DM domain screening has identified eight transcripts from Artemia franciscana transcriptomic that encode proteins containing one conserved DNA-binding DM domain. The genome mapping confirmed that these eight transcripts are transcribed from six different loci on the A. franciscana genome assembly. One of those loci, the Af.dsx-4 locus, is closely rel

SUBMITTER: Viet DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9690683 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature