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. 2022 Nov 2;13:994471. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.994471

TABLE 3.

Sex determination genes in selected fish species.

Species Sex determination gene References
Medaka, Oryzias latipes, and O. curvinotus DMY (duplicate of DMRT1 on Y chromosome) Matsuda et al. (2002); Matsuda et al. (2003); Nanda et al. (2002); Zhang, (2004)
Medaka, O. luzonensis, Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) GsdfY (Gonadal soma derived growth factor on the Y chromosome) Myosho et al. (2012)
Herpin et al. (2021)
Rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon Sdy (Sexually dimorphic on the Y-chromosome) Yano et al. (2012); Yano et al. (2013)
Chinese tongue sole DMRT1 (Doublesex and mab-3 related transcription factor 1) Chen et al. (2014)
Nile tilapia AMH (anti-Müllerian hormone) Li et al. (2015); Cáceres et al. (2019)
Sebastes rockfish, Northern pike, Odontesthes hatcheri AMH (Male-specific duplication of anti-Müllerian hormone)  Hattori et al. (2012); Pan et al. (2019); Song et al. (2021)
Fugu Amhr2 Kamiya et al. (2012)
Seriola fishes Hsd17b1 (17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1) Koyama et al. (2019)
Channel catfish Epigenetically controlled allelic expression Yang et al. (2022)