Gonadogenesis analysis and sex differentiation in cultured turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

• Published in: Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
• Main Authors: Zhao, Chunyan, Xu, Shihong, Liu, Yifan, Wang, Yanfeng, Liu, Qinghua, Li, Jun
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Turbot; Primordial Germ Cells; Sex Differentiation; Gonadal Development; 水产学::水产养殖学; Vasa; Scophthalmus maximus
• Online Access: http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/136635; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10695-016-0284-5

As a flatfish, the turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) is one of the most important farmed fish species with great commercial value, which has a strong sexual dimorphism on growth rate and sexual maturity. In this study, using histology, the basic information on proliferation and migration of germ cells a...