TY - JOUR
T1 - Sex change in coral reef fish
AU - Nakamura, Masaru
AU - Kobayashi, Yasuhisa
AU - Miura, Saori
AU - Alam, Mohamad Ashraful
AU - Bhandari, Ramji Kumar
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements Authors thank lab members for assistance in experimental set-up and Sesoko Station for the physical research facilities. Funding agencies are 21st century COE project of the University of the Ryukyus, CREST and SOREST, JST (Japan Science and Technology Corporation), JSPS (Japan Society for Promotion of Science), and Research project for utilizing advanced technologies in agriculture, forestry and fisheries).
PY - 2005/4
Y1 - 2005/4
N2 - Gonadal differentiation can take many forms in fish, ranging from gonochorism, where individuals directly develop as male or female and finally possess only testis or ovaries at sexual maturation, to hermaphroditism where the same individuals can produce mature male and female gametes at some time in their lives. Hermaphrodite fish are, thus, an excellent model for studying the plasticity of sex determination and differentiation in vertebrates. We have shown that sex steroids play a principal role in sex differentiation and sex change in fish. Our laboratory implements several fish models that undergo sex change from female to male or male to female or in both directions. In this review, we will briefly discuss recent advances in our understanding of the mechanism of sex change in coral reef fish.
AB - Gonadal differentiation can take many forms in fish, ranging from gonochorism, where individuals directly develop as male or female and finally possess only testis or ovaries at sexual maturation, to hermaphroditism where the same individuals can produce mature male and female gametes at some time in their lives. Hermaphrodite fish are, thus, an excellent model for studying the plasticity of sex determination and differentiation in vertebrates. We have shown that sex steroids play a principal role in sex differentiation and sex change in fish. Our laboratory implements several fish models that undergo sex change from female to male or male to female or in both directions. In this review, we will briefly discuss recent advances in our understanding of the mechanism of sex change in coral reef fish.
KW - Estrogen
KW - Protandrous sex change
KW - Protogynous sex change
KW - Serial sex change
KW - Sex change
KW - Tropical fish
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U2 - 10.1007/s10695-006-7595-x
DO - 10.1007/s10695-006-7595-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 20035444
AN - SCOPUS:33748429322
SN - 0920-1742
VL - 31
SP - 117
EP - 122
JO - Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
JF - Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
IS - 2-3
ER -