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. 2015 Aug 10;10(8):e0134280. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134280

Table 4. Presence of sex determination/differentiation genes from Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster, Danio rerio, Mus musculus and Crassostrea hongkongensis.

Gene common name Species with homologues (homologue names)
Fly (D) Worm (C) Fish (Dr) Mouse (M) Oyster(Ch)
WT1 yes yes
Sf1 yes yes
CBX2 yes yes yes
LHX9 yes yes yes
EMX2 yes yes
GATA4 yes yes yes
SRY yes
Sox9 sox100B yes yes
FOG2 yes yes
AMH yes yes
DMRT1 dsx MAB-3 yes yes
DMRT3 yes yes
DMRT6 yes
DHH yes yes yes
MAP3K1 yes yes yes
Map3k4 yes yes yes
ATRX dATRX xnp-1 yes yes
Fgf9 yes
Gadd45g yes yes yes
Hhat yes yes yes yes yes
Kdm3a yes yes
Dax1 yes yes yes
Six1–Six4 yes yes yes yes yes
Sox3 yes yes
Sox8 yes yes
Sox10 yes
GSDF yes
PDGF α and β yes
AMHR2 yes yes
AR yes yes
SRD5A1, SRD5A2, SRD5A3 yes yes yes
CYP11B yes yes
WNT4 yes yes yes yes
FOXL2 yes yes yes
RSPO1 yes
β-catenin armadillo yes yes yes
FST yes yes yes
Cyp19A1 yes yes
ERa yes yes yes
Xol-1 yes
Sdc yes yes yes yes
Her yes yes
Tra yes yes yes yes yes
Fem yes yes yes yes
Fru yes
Sis yes
Run yes yes yes yes yes
Sxl yes
Doa yes CLK CLK yes

C, Caenorhabditis elegans (nematode); D, Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly); Dr, Danio rerio (zebrafish); M, Mus musculus (mouse);Ch, Crassostrea hongkongensis (Oyster)