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G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaa044
Keywords
sex determination; XX; XY; bony fishes; Genetics of Sex; gonadotropin receptor
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- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Israel [30-04-0010]
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The study identified two polymorphic sites in the fshr gene of mullet that are associated with sex, with 1732 A and 1759 G representing a male-specific haplotype fshry.
Various master key regulators (MKRs) that control a binary switch of sex determination (SD) have been found in fish; these provide an excellent model for the study of vertebrate genetic SD. The SD region in flathead grey mullet has been previously mapped to a 1 Mbp region harboring 27 genes, of which one is follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (fshr). Although this gene is involved in gonad differentiation and function, it has not been considered as an MKR of SD. We systematically investigated polymorphism in mullet fshr using DNA shotgun sequences, and compared them between males and females. Capable of encoding nonconservative amino acid substitutions, c.1732G>A and c.1759T>G exhibited association with sex on a population level (N = 83; P <= 6.7 x 10(-19)). Hence, 1732 A and 1759 G represent a male-specific haplotype of the gene, designated as fshry. Additional flanking SNPs showed a weaker degree of association with sex, delimiting the SD critical region to 143 nucleotides on exon 14. Lack of homozygotes for fshry, and the resulting divergence from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (N = 170; P <= 3.9 x 10(-5)), were compatible with a male heterogametic model (XY/XX). Capable of replacing a phenylalanine with valine, c.1759T>G alters a conserved position across the sixth transmembrane domain of vertebrate FSHRs. Amino acid substitutions in this position in vertebrates are frequently associated with constant receptor activation and consequently with FSH/FSHR signaling alteration; thus, indicating a potential role of fshr as an MKR of SD.
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