Figla Favors Ovarian Differentiation by Antagonizing Spermatogenesis in a Teleosts, Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).

Figla (factor in the germ line, alpha), a female germ cell-specific transcription factor, had been shown to activate genetic hierarchies in oocytes. The ectopic expression of Figla was known to repress spermatogenesis-associated genes in male mice. However, the potential role of Figla in other verte...

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Main Authors: Yongxiu Qiu, Shaohua Sun, Tapas Charkraborty, Limin Wu, Lina Sun, Jing Wei, Yoshitaka Nagahama, Deshou Wang, Linyan Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4404364?pdf=render