Gene expression analysis at the onset of sex differentiation in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

• Published in: BMC Genomics
• Main Authors: Robledo Sánchez, Diego, Ribas, Laia, Cal, Rosa, Sánchez Piñón, Laura Elena, Piferrer, Francesc, Martínez Portela, Paulino, Viñas Díaz, Ana María
• Other Authors: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Zooloxía, Xenética e Antropoloxía Física
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central
• Subjects: Fish; Gonad; Development; QPCR; Genes; Sex ratio; Aromatase; Male; Female; Temperature; Vasa; Scophthalmus maximus; Turbot
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21960; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-2142-8

Background Controlling sex ratios is essential for the aquaculture industry, especially in those species with sex dimorphism for relevant productive traits, hence the importance of knowing how the sexual phenotype is established in fish. Turbot, a very important fish for the aquaculture industry in...