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Sex reversal of the female amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense reared in the laboratory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2001

S. Zhang ,
G. Li ,
J. Zhu  and
F. Su
S. Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Biotechnology, Ocean University of Qingdao, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
G. Li
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Shandong Teachers' University, Jinan 250014, People's Republic of China
J. Zhu
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Biotechnology, Ocean University of Qingdao, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
F. Su
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Biotechnology, Ocean University of Qingdao, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
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Abstract

Sex reversal is common in the animal kingdom, yet nothing has thus far been known about it in amphioxus. The present study showed that female amphioxus reared in the laboratory was sexually reversed into the male, but not vice versa. This is the first report on the existence of sex change in the cephalochordate.

Type
Short Communication
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 181 - 182
Copyright
2001 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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