Transcriptomic analysis of the differentiating ovary of the protogynous ricefield eel Monopterus albus

Abstract Background The ricefield eel is a protogynous hermaphroditic Synbranchiform species that changes sex naturally from female to male, which offers an interesting model for studying gonadal (particularly ovarian) differentiation in vertebrates. In the present study, transcriptome sequencing of...

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Main Authors: Jinfeng Cai, Wei Yang, Dong Chen, Yize Zhang, Zhi He, Weimin Zhang, Lihong Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-3953-6