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Title Sex control in aquaculture : Volume I / edited by Han-Ping Wang, Francesc Piferrer, Song-Lin Chen ; associate editor, Zhi-Gang Shen
Published Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019
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Description 1 online resource ( xix, 846 pages)
Contents Intro; Volume 1; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I Theoretical and Practical Bases of Sex Control in Aquaculture; Chapter 1 Sex Control in Aquaculture: Concept to Practice; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Establishment of Phenotypic Sex - "Promoter" to "Modulator"; 1.2.1 Sex Determining Factors - the Promoter; 1.2.2 Molecular Players in Sex Differentiation - the Modulator; 1.3 Sex control Practice in Aquaculture; 1.3.1 Large-Scale Monosex Production; 1.4 Sex Control Practices in Fisheries; 1.5 Future Perspectives
1.5.1 Population Level-Based Identification of Sex Determining Mechanism1.5.2 Targets of Sex Determining Factors and Molecular Network Involved in Sex Differentiation; 1.5.3 Environmental- and Consumer-Friendly Monosex Production; 1.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2 Sex Determination and Differentiation in Fish: Genetic, Genomic, and Endocrine Aspects; 2.1 Introduction - Sex Determination in Fish: from Sex Control Applications in Cultured Fish Species to Basic Science Interests; 2.2 From Genetic Sex Determination to Environmental Sex Determination and the Other Way Round
2.2.1 Genetic Sex Determination: "Usual Suspects, Newcomers, and Usurpers"2.2.2 A Glimpse into Environmental Sex Determination in Fish; 2.2.3 When GSD and TSD Blend; 2.3 Sex Differentiation as a Threshold Phenotype Relying on Fine Regulations of a Plastic Gene Regulatory Network; 2.3.1 The Classical Actors of the Fish Sex Differentiation Cascade; 2.3.2 Endocrine Regulation of Fish Sex Differentiation; 2.4 Mechanisms for the Emergence of New Master Sex-Determining Genes and Gene Regulatory Networks; References; Chapter 3 Epigenetics of Sex Determination and Differentiation in Fish
3.1 Introduction3.2 Definition of Epigenetics; 3.3 Epigenetic Regulatory Mechanisms; 3.3.1 DNA Methylation; 3.3.2 Histone Modifications; 3.3.3 Non-Coding RNAs; 3.4 Transgenerational Effects; 3.5 Epigenetics and sex - General Considerations; 3.5.1 What Species can be More Fruitful to Study?; 3.5.2 What is the Best Developmental Period to Target?; 3.5.3 Are there Organs Other than the Gonads that should be Considered?; 3.5.4 Links with Ecotoxicology; 3.5.5 Does the Study of Epigenetics of Sex Determination-Differentiation have an Added Comparative Value?
3.6 Epigenetics and Sex in Gonochoristic Species - Case Studies3.6.1 European Sea Bass; 3.6.2 Half-Smooth Tongue Sole; 3.6.3 Olive Flounder; 3.6.4 Nile Tilapia; 3.7 Epigenetics and Sex in Hermaphrodite Species - Case Studies; 3.7.1 Ricefield Eel; 3.7.2 Black Porgy; 3.7.3 Barramundi; 3.7.4 Mangrove Killifish; 3.8 The "Conserved Model of Epigenetic Regulation of Sexual Development in Fish"; 3.9 Epigenetics and Sex Control in Fish; 3.10 Open Questions and Future Perspectives; Acknowledgments; References
Chapter 4 Environmental Sex Determination and Sex Differentiation in Teleosts -- How Sex Is Established
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 27, 2018)
Subject Aquaculture -- Management.
Brood stock assessment.
Form Electronic book
Author Wang, Han-Ping, 1958- editor
Piferrer, Francesc, 1960- editor
Chen, Songlin, 1960 October- editor
Shen, Zhi-gang, associate editor
Wiley InterScience (Online service)
LC no. 2018014556
ISBN 9781119127284 (electronic book)
1119127289 (electronic book)
9781119127291 (electronic book)
1119127297 (electronic book)
9781119127277 (electronic book)
1119127270 (electronic book)