Retinoic Acid Is Involved in the Metamorphosis of the Anal Fin into an Intromittent Organ, the Gonopodium, in the Green Swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii)

In poeciliid fish the male anal fin has been transformed into a gonopodium, an intromittent organ required for internal fertilization. Elevated testosterone levels induce metamorphosis of a subset of anal fin rays to grow and form the specialized terminal structures of the gonopodium. The molecular...

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Autores principales: Offen, Nils, Kang, Ji Hyoun, Meyer, Axel, Begemann, Gerrit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3808415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24204880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077580

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3808415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24204880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077580

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