Sex Determination and Differentiation in Decapod and Cladoceran Crustaceans: An Overview of Endocrine Regulation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Sex Determination and Differentiation Mechanisms in Crustaceans
3. Androgenic Gland Factors
4. Crustacean Female Sex Hormone (CFSH)
5. Juvenile Hormone as a Male Sex-Determinant in Cladocerans
6. Vertebrate-Type Steroid Hormones
7. Conclusions and Future Directions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Species | Taxonomy | Sex Determination Manner | Draft or Complete Genome |
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Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei | Malacostraca Decapoda | GSD with ZZ/ZW [21] | [22] |
Giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii | Malacostraca Decapoda | GSD with ZZ/ZW [23] | [24] |
Cherry shrimp Neocaridina denticulate | Malacostraca Decapoda | Not available | [25] |
Marbled crayfish Procambarus fallax f. virginalis | Malacostraca Decapoda | GSD (no male has reported) | [26] |
Mud crab Scylla paramamosain | Malacostraca Decapoda | GSD with ZZ/ZW [27] | [28] |
Wood louse Armadillidium vulgare | Malacostraca Isopoda | GSD with ZZ/ZW [9,10] | [29] |
Parhyale hawaiensis | Malacostraca Amphipoda | Not available | [30] |
Gammarus duebeni | Malacostraca Amphipoda | ESD [31] | Not available |
Water flea Daphnia pulex | Branchiopoda Cladocera | ESD [32,33] | [34,35] |
Water flea Daphnia magna | Branchiopoda Cladocera | ESD [36,37] | [38] |
Clam shrimp Eulimnadia texana | Branchiopoda Spinicaudata | GSD with androdioecious (male and hermaphrodite) [39] | [40] |
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Toyota, K.; Miyakawa, H.; Hiruta, C.; Sato, T.; Katayama, H.; Ohira, T.; Iguchi, T. Sex Determination and Differentiation in Decapod and Cladoceran Crustaceans: An Overview of Endocrine Regulation. Genes 2021, 12, 305. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12020305
Toyota K, Miyakawa H, Hiruta C, Sato T, Katayama H, Ohira T, Iguchi T. Sex Determination and Differentiation in Decapod and Cladoceran Crustaceans: An Overview of Endocrine Regulation. Genes. 2021; 12(2):305. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12020305
Chicago/Turabian StyleToyota, Kenji, Hitoshi Miyakawa, Chizue Hiruta, Tomomi Sato, Hidekazu Katayama, Tsuyoshi Ohira, and Taisen Iguchi. 2021. "Sex Determination and Differentiation in Decapod and Cladoceran Crustaceans: An Overview of Endocrine Regulation" Genes 12, no. 2: 305. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12020305