Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (3): 207-212.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2015.04.030

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Studies on Genetic Features of Sex Reversal in Cynoglossus semilaevis

Song Chao1,2 Jiang Li2 Wang Jingwei2,3 Li Xiaofang4 Li Geng5 Zhang Xiaohui6 Wang Shu2 Liu Zhe1 Li Hengde2   

  1. (1. College of Animal Science and Technology,Gansu Agricultural University,Lanzhou 730070;2 Biotechnology Center,Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences,Beijing 100141;3.College of Animal Science,Fujian Agricultural University,Fuzhou 350002;4. Zhongjie Tilapia Aquaculture Limited Company,Huanghua,Hebei 061108;5. Yingkou Proliferation Experimental Station,Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences,Yingkou 115000;6. Research Center of Resources and Environment,Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences,Beijing 100141)
  • Received:2014-07-18 Online:2015-03-16 Published:2015-03-16

Abstract: The remarkable individual size differences of half-smooth tongue(Cynoglossus semilavi.)between female and male fishes exist. However, the lower ratio of female in cultured populations arise from sex reversal of the females leads to lower production efficiency. In sex-determination of some fishes and amphibians, sex reversal is interesting biology question and its molecular genetic mechanisms are rarely explored. In this study, 10 half-sib families are set up by utilizing two types of male parents:genetically males and pseudo males which are genetically females. The results showed that the females were all reversed into physiologically male fishes in two families with pseudo male parent. In the other 8 families with normal male parent, the ratio of sex reversal in individual populations presents continuous distribution, which fits for features of QTLs(Quantitative Trait Loci)typically;the heredity of sex reversal is lower, only 0.058. All of these results showed that, the pseudo males as parents, which demonstrate full paternal-effects, the female progenies were all reversed into pseudo males;interfamily selection for improving the genetic advances of sex ratio or genetic evaluation of sex reversal by using genetic markers are advantageous over intrafamily selection for lower heredity of sex-reversal;the continuous distribution of ratio of sex reversal implies the sex-determination for half-smooth tongue is depended on the interactions among multiple QTLs.

Key words: half-smooth tongue, sex-dertermination, sex-reversal