Molecular Mechanisms of Fish Sex Differentiation and Sexual Plasticity
A special issue of Fishes (ISSN 2410-3888). This special issue belongs to the section "Genetics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2025) | Viewed by 452
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fish sex determination and differentiation; genetics and epigenetics; hermaphrodites and sex reversal; interactions between environmental factors and sexual plasticity; sexual control breeding
Interests: sea fish breeding; fish embryonic development; fish sex differentiation
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Interests: sex determination and differentiation; reproduction; development; oogenesis; gynogenesis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The molecular mechanisms of sex determination is quite conserved in vertebrates, and an understanding of the mechanisms will contribute to the evolutionary pathways of sex determination mechanisms in all vertebrates. The sex determination and differentiation of fish is primitive, diverse, and changeable, and investigations of the genetics and epigenetic mechanisms of fish sex determination will promote the understanding of the mechanisms of the interaction between the environment and the organisms. The development and application of genetic markers and biotechnology on sex control to produce fast growth mono-sex populations will contribute to rapid advancements in aquaculture.
The aim of this Special Issue is to provide an active forum to present the results of studies of basic and applied topics in genetics, epigenetics, and biotechnology involving aquatic and marine fish.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following directions:
- The molecular mechanisms of fish sex determination and differentiation;
- The influence of environmental factors on sex determination in fish;
- Studies on the role of the sex chromosome composition of primordial germ cells in sex determination;
- The development of new sex genetic markers and analytic tools;
- The development of artificial sex control technology and breeding of mono-sex populations in fish;
- The selective breeding of cultured aquatic and marine mono-sex animals.
Prof. Dr. Linyan Zhou
Dr. Hong-Wei Yan
Dr. Li-Min Wu
Dr. Tapas Chakraborty
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fish sex determination and differentiation genetics and epigenetics
- hermaphrodites and sex reversal
- environmental factors and sexual plasticity
- sexual control breeding and biotechnology
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