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1 October 2004 The XX-XY Sex-determination System in Oryzias luzonensis and O. mekongensis Revealed by the Sex Ratio of the Progeny of Sex-reversed Fish
Satoshi Hamaguchi, Yota Toyazaki, Ai Shinomiya, Mitsuru Sakaizumi
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Abstract

The sex-determining gene in Oryzias latipes and O. curvinotus has been proved to be DMY. Although O. curvinotus has the DMY gene on the Y chromosome which is homologous to the Y chromo-some of O. latipes, the sex-determining mechanism of other Oryzias fishes has not been identified. In order to uncover the sex-determining mechanism of O. luzonensis and O. mekongensis, which are most closely related species to O. latipes and O. curvinotus, we analyzed the sex ratio of the progeny of sex-reversed fish. We were able to obtain sex-reversed males by the administration of methyltestosterone, and found that these yielded all-female offspring in both species. These results indicate that O. luzonensis and O. mekongensis have the XX-XY sex-determination system.

Satoshi Hamaguchi, Yota Toyazaki, Ai Shinomiya, and Mitsuru Sakaizumi "The XX-XY Sex-determination System in Oryzias luzonensis and O. mekongensis Revealed by the Sex Ratio of the Progeny of Sex-reversed Fish," Zoological Science 21(10), 1015-1018, (1 October 2004). https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.21.1015
Received: 5 July 2004; Accepted: 1 August 2004; Published: 1 October 2004
KEYWORDS
Oryzias
sex chromosome
sex reversal
sex-determination
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