Autosomal sdY Pseudogenes Explain Discordances Between Phenotypic Sex and DNA Marker for Sex Identification in Atlantic Salmon

• Published in: Frontiers in Genetics
• Main Authors: Ayllon, Fernando, Solberg, Monica Favnebøe, Besnier, François, Fjelldal, Per Gunnar, Hansen, Tom Johnny, Wargelius, Anna, Edvardsen, Rolf Brudvik, Glover, Kevin Alan
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: Genetics; The ''Y''; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7591749/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33173531; https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.544207

Despite the key role that sex-determination plays in evolutionary processes, it is still poorly understood in many species. In salmonids, which are among the best studied fishes, the master sex-determining gene sexually dimorphic on the Y-chromosome (sdY) has been identified. However, sdY displays u...