Is a Sex-Determining Gene(s) Necessary for Sex-Determination in Amphibians? Steroid Hormones May Be the Key Factor

Up-regulation of FSHR expression during gonadal sex determination in the frog Rana rugosa

(2011) Mari Suda et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Molecular cytogenetic characterization of telomere-specific repetitive DNA sequences in Rana rugosa

(2011) Mari Suda et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

An X-Linked Body Color Gene of the Frog Rana rugosa and Its Application to the Molecular Analysis of Gonadal Sex Differentiation

(2011) I. Miura et al.   Sexual Development

Opposite roles of DMRT1 and its W-linked paralogue, DM-W, in sexual dimorphism of Xenopus laevis: implications of a ZZ/ZW-type sex-determining system

(2010) S. Yoshimoto et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Expression profiles of LHβ, FSHβ and their gonadal receptor mRNAs during sexual differentiation of Xenopus laevis tadpoles

(2010) R. Urbatzka et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Estrogen biosynthesis in the gonad of the frog Rana rugosa

(2010) Tomoko Isomura et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

The mechanism of sex determination in vertebrates-are sex steroids the key-factor?

(2010) Masahisa Nakamura   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Convergent evolution of chicken Z and human X chromosomes by expansion and gene acquisition

(2010) Daniel W. Bellott et al.   NATURE

Atrazine induces complete feminization and chemical castration in male African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis)

(2010) T. B. Hayes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Comparative chromosome mapping of sex-linked genes and identification of sex chromosomal rearrangements in the Japanese wrinkled frog (Rana rugosa, Ranidae) with ZW and XY sex chromosome systems

(2008) Yoshinobu Uno et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Steroidogenic gene expression during sex determination in the frog Rana rugosa

(2008) Koichi Maruo et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Molecular cloning and gene expression of Foxl2 in the frog Rana rugosa

(2008) Yuki Oshima et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Immunohistochemical detection and biological activities of CYP17 (P450c17) in the indifferent gonad of the frog Rana rugosa

(2008) Nana Sakurai et al.   JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A W-linked DM-domain gene, DM-W, participates in primary ovary development in Xenopus laevis

(2008) S. Yoshimoto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Steroid signaling and temperature-dependent sex determination—Reviewing the evidence for early action of estrogen during ovarian determination in turtles

(2008) Mary Ramsey et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Analyzing the coordinated gene network underlying temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles

(2008) Christina M. Shoemaker et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Sex determination in amphibians

(2008) Masahisa Nakamura   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Elevated expression of P450c17 (CYP17) during testicular formation in the frog

(2007) Ryosuke Iwade et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY