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Avian Reproduction

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Avian Primordial Germ Cells
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    Chapter 2 Sex-Determining Mechanism in Avians
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    Chapter 3 Female Reproductive System and Immunology
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    Chapter 4 Development and Preservation of Avian Sperm
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    Chapter 5 Avian Egg and Egg Coat
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    Chapter 6 Fertilization 1: Sperm–Egg Interaction
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    Chapter 7 Fertilization 2: Polyspermic Fertilization
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    Chapter 8 Molecular and Neuroendocrine Mechanisms of Avian Seasonal Reproduction
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    Chapter 9 Hormonal Responses to a Potential Mate in Male Birds
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    Chapter 10 Neuroendocrine Control of Broodiness
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    Chapter 11 Sperm Storage in the Female Reproductive Tract: A Conserved Reproductive Strategy for Better Fertilization Success
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    Chapter 12 Avian Biotechnology
Attention for Chapter 2: Sex-Determining Mechanism in Avians
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Chapter title
Sex-Determining Mechanism in Avians
Chapter number 2
Book title
Avian Reproduction
Published in
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2017
DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-3975-1_2
Pubmed ID
28980227
Book ISBNs
978-9-81-103974-4, 978-9-81-103975-1
Authors

Asato Kuroiwa, Kuroiwa, Asato

Abstract

The sex of birds is determined by inheritance of sex chromosomes at fertilization. The embryo with two Z chromosomes (ZZ) develops into a male; by contrast, the embryo with Z and W chromosomes (ZW) becomes female. Two theories are hypothesized for the mechanisms of avian sex determination that explain how genes carried on sex chromosomes control gonadal differentiation and development during embryogenesis. One proposes that the dosage of genes on the Z chromosome determines the sexual differentiation of undifferentiated gonads, and the other proposes that W-linked genes dominantly determine ovary differentiation or inhibit testis differentiation. Z-linked DMRT1, which is a strong candidate avian sex-determining gene, supports the former hypothesis. Although no candidate W-linked gene has been identified, extensive evidence for spontaneous sex reversal in birds and aneuploid chimeric chickens with an abnormal sex chromosome constitution strongly supports the latter hypothesis. After the sex of gonad is determined by a gene(s) located on the sex chromosomes, gonadal differentiation is subsequently progressed by several genes. Developed gonads secrete sex hormones to masculinize or feminize the whole body of the embryo. In this section, the sex-determining mechanism as well as the genes and sex hormones mainly involved in gonadal differentiation and development of chicken are introduced.

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Unknown 22 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 4 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 18%
Student > Bachelor 3 14%
Unspecified 2 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 1 5%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 8 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 23%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 18%
Unspecified 2 9%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 5%
Neuroscience 1 5%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 9 41%

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 October 2022.
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#13,650,639
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