Publication . Martins, Rute S. T.; Deloffre, Laurence A. M.; Mylonas, Constantinos C.; Power, Deborah; Canario, Adelino V. M.
DAX1 (NR0B1), a member of the nuclear receptors super family, has been shown
to be involved in the genetic sex determination and in gonadal differentiation in several vertebrate species. In the aquaculture fish European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, and in the generality of fish species, the mechanisms of sex determination and differentiation have not been elucidated. The present study aimed at characterizing the European DAX1 gene and its developmental expression at the mRNA level.
