Identification of the master sex determining gene in Northern pike (Esox lucius) reveals restricted sex chromosome differentiation
Q. Pan, R. Feron, A. Yano, R. Guyomard, E. Jouanno, E. Vigouroux, M. Wen, J.-M. Busnel, J. Bobe, J.-P. Concordet, H. Parrinello, L. Journot, C. Klopp, J. Lluch, C. Roques, , Y. Guiguen
The paper identifies and functionally validates an ancient duplicated anti-Mullerian hormone gene as the master sex determining gene in Northern pike, revealing limited sex chromosome differentiation.
bioRxiv · Feb 13, 2019Evolutionary Biology