Transposon-induced epigenetic silencing in the X chromosome as a novel form of dmrt1 expression regulation during sex determination in the fighting fish

• Main Authors: Wang, Le, Sun, Fei, Wan, Zi Yi, Yang, Zituo, Tay, Yi Xuan, Lee, May, Ye, Baoqing, Wen, Yanfei, Meng, Zining, Fan, Bin, Alfiko, Yuzer, Shen, Yubang, Piferrer, Francesc, Meyer, Axel, Schartl, Manfred, Yue, Gen Hua
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Teleost; Sex Determination
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161494
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: Fishes are the one of the most diverse groups of animals with respect to their modes of sex determination, providing unique models for uncovering the evolutionary and molecular mechanisms underlying sex determination and reversal. Here, we have investigated how sex is determined in a spe...