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Transcriptomic analysis suggests FoxO and steroid hormone biosynthesis pathways are associated with

Da Zheng1,2, Huapeng Chen1, Huan Liang1

  • 1School of Marine Biology and Fisheries, Hainan Aquaculture Breeding Engineering Research Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Nanfan and High-Efficiency Tropical Agriculture, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China.

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
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PubMed

Keywords:
Gonadal differentiationIntersex gonadMonosex breedingSteroidogenesis

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