Background: Gynogenesis is one of unisexual reproduction modes in vertebrates, and produces all-female individuals with identical genetic background. In sexual reproduction vertebrates, the roles of primordial germ cells on sexual dimorphism and gonadal differentiation have been largely studied, and two distinct functional models have been proposed. However, the role of primordial germ cells remains unknown in unisexual animals, and it is also unclear whether the functional models in sexual reproduction animals are common in unisexual animals.
Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA08030201)
; earmarked fund for Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System(NYCYTX-49)
; National Natural Science Foundation(31123001)
; National Science and Technology Support Program(2012BA026B02)
; State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology(2011FBZ22)
; Institute of Hydrobiology, CAS(Y25A17
; Y45A171301)
Complete depletion of primordial germ cells in an All-female fish leads to Sex-biased gene expression alteration and sterile All-male occurrence.pdf（2613KB）
