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The Sex-Determining Locus in the Tiger Pufferfish,Takifugu rubripes

Kiyoshi Kikuchi, Wataru Kai, Ayumi Hosokawa, Naoki Mizuno, Hiroaki Suetake, Kiyoshi Asahina, Yuzuru Suzuki

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The tiger pufferfish (fugu), Takifugu rubripes, is a model fish that has had its genome entirely sequenced. By performing genomewide linkage analyses, we show that the sex of fugu is determined by a single chromosomal region on linkage group 19 in an XX-XY system.

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The tiger pufferfish (fugu), Takifugu rubripes, is a model fish that has had its genome entirely sequenced. By performing genomewide linkage analyses, we show that the sex of fugu is determined by a single chromosomal region on linkage group 19 in an XX-XY system.

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The tiger pufferfish (fugu), Takifugu rubripes, is a model fish that has had its genome entirely sequenced. By performing genomewide linkage analyses, we show that the sex of fugu is determined by a single chromosomal region on linkage group 19 in an XX-XY system.

Key concepts: Takifugu rubripes, Biology, Locus (genetics), Genetics, Tiger, Fugu, Zoology, Gene

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