GeneticsG3 Genes Genomes GeneticsPeer-reviewed
A non-functional copy of the salmonid sex determining gene (sdY) is responsible for the "apparent" XY females in Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha.
Sylvain Bertho, Amaury Herpin, Elodie Jouanno…·Yann Guiguen
The study identifies a non-functional sdY gene variant in XY Chinook salmon females that disrupts testicular differentiation by impairing estrogen synthesis.
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