Figure 8.

Sexually dimorphic expression of RP genes in XX and XY gonads based on gonadal transcriptome data from normal and secondary sex-reversal (SSR) tilapia [31]. SSR tilapia were obtained by feeding XX fish a diet sprayed with 95% ethanol containing Fadrozole at a concentration of 200 μg/g diet from 90 to 180 dah. The control XX and XY fish were fed a diet sprayed with 95% ethanol but without Fadrozole. RNA preparations from gonads of XX, XY and sex-reversed individuals at 180 dah were sequenced using Illumina 2000 HiSeq technology in our previous study. RPKM (reads per kb per million reads) was used to normalize the expression profiles of RP genes.