A chromosome-level genome assembly enables the identification of the follicle stimulating hormone receptor as the master sex determining gene in Solea senegalensis
Roberto de la Herrán, Miguel Hermida, Juan Andres Rubiolo, Jèssica Gómez‐Garrido, Fernando Cruz, Francisca Robles, Rafael Navajas‐Pérez, F. A. Blanco, Paula R. Villamayor, D. Torres, Pablo Sánchez‐Quinteiro, Daniel Ramírez, María E. Rodríguez, Alberto Arias‐Pérez, Ismael Cross, , Paulino Martı́nez
The paper presents a chromosome-level genome assembly for Senegalese sole, identifies the follicle stimulating hormone receptor (fshr) as the master sex determining gene, and shows its differential expression and allelic variation between sexes.
bioRxiv · Mar 2, 2022 · PreprintGenomics