Spatial and temporal expression pattern of sex-related genes in ovo-testis of the self-fertilizing mangrove killifish (Kryptolebias marmoratus)
2020
Qu, Meng | Ding, Shaoxiong | Schartl, Manfred | Adolfi, Mateus Contar
In vertebrates, sex determination and differentiation comprehend a fine balance between female and male factors, leading the bipotential anlage to develop towards ovary or testis, respectively. Nevertheless, the mangrove killifish, (Kryptolebias marmoratus) a simultaneous hermaphroditic species, could overcome those antagonistic pathways and evolved to develop and maintain reproductively active ovarian and testicular tissues in the same organ. Morphological and mRNA localization analyzes of developing and adult gonads demonstrate that genes related to testis (dmrt1 and amh) and ovary differentiation (foxl2 and sox9a) follow the same expression pattern observed in gonochoristic species, thus functioning as two independent organs. In addition, Amh expression patterns make it a strong candidate for initiation of the formation and maintenance of the testicular tissue in the hermaphroditic gonad. Differently from described so far, foxl3 seems to have an important role in oogenesis as well as spermatogenesis and gonadal structure.
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