Small-scale transcriptomics reveals differences among gonadal stages in Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer)

• Main Authors: Ravi, Preethi, Jiang, Junhui, Liew, Woei Chang, Orbán, László
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80056; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19001
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: The Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer) is a rotandrous hermaphrodite that typically matures as a male at approximately 2–4 years of age and then changes sex in subsequent years. Although several sexual maturation stages have been described histologically for both testis and ovary, the unde...