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Multi-tissue transcriptome analysis identifies key sexual development-related genes of the ornate spiny lobster (Panulirus ornatus)
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Ventura, T and Chandler, JC and Nguyen, TV and Hyde, CJ and Elizur, A and Fitzgibbon, QP and Smith, GG, Multi-tissue transcriptome analysis identifies key sexual development-related genes of the ornate spiny lobster (Panulirus ornatus), Genes, 11, (10) Article 1150. ISSN 2073-4425 (2020) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.3390/genes11101150
Abstract
Sexual development involves the successive and overlapping processes of sex determination, sexual differentiation, and ultimately sexual maturation, enabling animals to reproduce. This provides a mechanism for enriched genetic variation which enables populations to withstand ever-changing environments, selecting for adapted individuals and driving speciation. The molecular mechanisms of sexual development display a bewildering diversity, even in closely related taxa. Many sex determination mechanisms across animals include the key family of "doublesex- and male abnormal3-related transcription factors" (Dmrts). In a few exceptional species, a single Dmrt residing on a sex chromosome acts as the master sex regulator. In this study, we provide compelling evidence for this model of sex determination in the ornate spiny lobster Panulius ornatus, concurrent with recent reports in the eastern spiny lobster Sagmariasus verreauxi. Using a multi-tissue transcriptomic database established for P. ornatus, we screened for the key factors associated with sexual development (by homology search and using previous knowledge of these factors from related species), providing an in-depth understanding of sexual development in decapods. Further research has the potential to close significant gaps in our understanding of reproductive development in this ecologically and commercially significant order.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | sexual development, decapod crustaceans, transcriptome, sex-linked master sex regulator, doublesex and MAB-3 related transcription factors |
Research Division: | Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences |
Research Group: | Fisheries sciences |
Research Field: | Aquaculture |
Objective Division: | Animal Production and Animal Primary Products |
Objective Group: | Fisheries - aquaculture |
Objective Field: | Aquaculture rock lobster |
UTAS Author: | Fitzgibbon, QP (Associate Professor Quinn Fitzgibbon) |
UTAS Author: | Smith, GG (Professor Gregory Smith) |
ID Code: | 141189 |
Year Published: | 2020 |
Funding Support: | Australian Research Council (IH190100014) |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 5 |
Deposited By: | Fisheries and Aquaculture |
Deposited On: | 2020-10-01 |
Last Modified: | 2021-02-17 |
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