Christos Palaiokostas Institute of Aquaculture i Abstract The aim of the current thesis was the analysis of the genetics of sex determination of farmed fish with sexual dimorphism, using Next Generation Sequencing. Three different species of farmed fish with sex-determining systems of varying complexity were studied. Both full-sibs and more distantly related specimens of Atlantic halibut (Hippo...

The cytological evidence has revealed a visible mechanical basis for the production of males and females in equal numbers and irrespective of external conditions (Wilson, 1909).

The idea that the Dmrt1 gene provides a unifying sex-determining mechanism in non-mammalian vertebrates is left high and dry by recent observations in fish.

Introduction: Human identification plays a vital role in any crime investigation. Along with the various other established methods, cheiloscopy also plays a key role in linking the criminal with the crime. The ability of a technique in differentiating the sex of a person in the field can help in screening a large number of suspects. This study evaluated the efficacy of cheiloscopy in determinat...

Mammalian sex determination is the process by which the bipotential embryonic genital ridge commits to either the testicular or ovarian fate. The existence of a gonad primordium with 2 possible developmental outcomes, depending on the presence or absence of the Y chromosome, remains a fascinating paradigm for examining the manner in which genes cooperate to establish cell fate and regulate diff...