Unusual diversity of sex chromosomes in African cichlid fishes

Gammerdinger, William J; Kocher, Thomas

Unusual diversity of sex chromosomes in African cichlid fishes

Gammerdinger WJ, Kocher T. 2018. Unusual diversity of sex chromosomes in African cichlid fishes. Genes. 9(10), 480.

Download

2018_Genes_Gammerdinger.pdf 1.42 MB [Published Version]

DOI

10.3390/genes9100480

Journal Article | Published | English

Scopus indexed

Author

Gammerdinger, William J^ISTA ; Kocher, Thomas

Department

Vicoso Group

Grant

International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme

Abstract

African cichlids display a remarkable assortment of jaw morphologies, pigmentation patterns, and mating behaviors. In addition to this previously documented diversity, recent studies have documented a rich diversity of sex chromosomes within these fishes. Here we review the known sex-determination network within vertebrates, and the extraordinary number of sex chromosomes systems segregating in African cichlids. We also propose a model for understanding the unusual number of sex chromosome systems within this clade.

Publishing Year

2018

Date Published

2018-10-04

Journal Title

Genes

Publisher

MDPI

Acknowledgement

NSF DEB-1830753 and ISTPlus Fellowship

Volume

Issue

Article Number

480

IST-REx-ID

Cite this

Gammerdinger WJ, Kocher T. Unusual diversity of sex chromosomes in African cichlid fishes. Genes. 2018;9(10). doi:10.3390/genes9100480

Gammerdinger, W. J., & Kocher, T. (2018). Unusual diversity of sex chromosomes in African cichlid fishes. Genes. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes9100480

Gammerdinger, William J, and Thomas Kocher. “Unusual Diversity of Sex Chromosomes in African Cichlid Fishes.” Genes. MDPI, 2018. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes9100480.

W. J. Gammerdinger and T. Kocher, “Unusual diversity of sex chromosomes in African cichlid fishes,” Genes, vol. 9, no. 10. MDPI, 2018.

Gammerdinger WJ, Kocher T. 2018. Unusual diversity of sex chromosomes in African cichlid fishes. Genes. 9(10), 480.

Gammerdinger, William J., and Thomas Kocher. “Unusual Diversity of Sex Chromosomes in African Cichlid Fishes.” Genes, vol. 9, no. 10, 480, MDPI, 2018, doi:10.3390/genes9100480.

All files available under the following license(s):

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0):