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Mair GC, Scott AG, Penman D, Beardmore JA & Skibinski DOF (1991) Sex determination in the genus Oreochromis: 1. Sex reversal, gynogenesis and triploidy in O. niloticus (L.). TAG Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 82 (2), pp. 144-152. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00226205
Abstract
Established techniques of genetic manipulation were used to elucidate sex-determining mechanisms in the commercially important tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. Analysis of sex ratios from single-pair matings of normal broodstock showed these to be heterogeneous, with an asymmetrical frequency distribution. Data were homogeneous, with the exclusion of a number of broods with sex ratios not significantly different from 3¡Ã1 (male: female), and further progeny testing revealed atypical female heterogamety in the parents of these broods. Analysis of sex ratios from complete diallele-type crosses using five males and five females demonstrated no association between male parent, female parent and progeny sex ratio. Sex ratios of gynogens (0¡Ã1) and triploids (1¡Ã1), and from progeny testing of sex-reversed males (0¡Ã1) and sex-reversed females (3¡Ã1), provide evidence for female homogamety in this species. Progeny testing of male gynogens derived from sex-reversed females demonstrated recombination between the centromere and the sex-determining locus (68.9%). Novel YY "supermales" were shown to be viable and produced all-male offspring. It was concluded that this species exhibits monofactorial, genotypic sex determination with male heterogamety. However, rare autosomal or environmental sex-modifying factors may account for occasional deviations from expected sex ratios.
Keywords
Sex determination;
Oreochromis niloticus;
Gynogenesis;
Sex reversal;
Triploidy
Journal
TAG Theoretical and Applied Genetics: Volume 82, Issue 2
| Status | Published |
|---|---|
| Publication date | 31/08/1991 |
| Publisher | Springer |
| ISSN | 0040-5752 |
| eISSN | 1432-2242 |