Characterization of a male specific region containing a candidate sex determining gene in Atlantic cod

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Kirubakaran, Tina Graceline, Andersen, Øivind, De Rosa, Maria Cristina, Andersstuen, Terese, Hallan, Kristina, Kent, Matthew Peter, Lien, Sigbjørn
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
• Subjects: Article; Arctic; Greenland; The ''Y''; Arctic cod; Arctogadus glacialis; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua; Greenland cod
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6333804/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30644412; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36748-8

The genetic mechanisms determining sex in teleost fishes are highly variable and the master sex determining gene has only been identified in few species. Here we characterize a male-specific region of 9 kb on linkage group 11 in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) harboring a single gene named zkY for zinc...