As lower vertebrates, fishes have complex modes of sex determination. From the cytogenetic perspective, only a small proportion of fish species have heteromorphic sex chromosomes. At the present stage sex determinatio...As lower vertebrates, fishes have complex modes of sex determination. From the cytogenetic perspective, only a small proportion of fish species have heteromorphic sex chromosomes. At the present stage sex determination can only be explained via "genetics" rather than "genes" in most species. Nevertheless, genes associated with sex determination and male development were identified in a model fish medaka, Oryzias latipes. Sequences or genetic markers specific to certain sex chromosomes were reported in some fishes. These findings lay the groundwork for further studies on the function and regulation of sex genes aiming at elucidation of the mechanism of sex determination, and provide potential tool for sexing fish. In this minireview, progress in the past few decades in both cytogenetic and molecular genetic studies on sex determination of fish were summarized. Prospects, significance and possible future directions of the studies on fish sex determination were also discussed.展开更多
Plants produce a myriad of structurally and functionally diverse metabolites that play many different roles in plant growth and development and in plant response to continually changing environmental conditions as wel...Plants produce a myriad of structurally and functionally diverse metabolites that play many different roles in plant growth and development and in plant response to continually changing environmental conditions as well as abiotic and biotic stresses. This metabolic diversity is, to a large extent, due to chemical modification of the basic skeletons of metabolites. Here, we review the major known plant metabolite modifications and summarize the progress that has been achieved and the challenges we are facing in the field. We focus on discussing both technical and functional aspects in studying the influences that various modifications have on biosynthesis, degradation, transport, and storage of metabolites, as well as their bioactivity and toxicity. Finally, we discuss some emerging insights into the evolution of metabolic pathways and metabolite functionality.展开更多
文摘As lower vertebrates, fishes have complex modes of sex determination. From the cytogenetic perspective, only a small proportion of fish species have heteromorphic sex chromosomes. At the present stage sex determination can only be explained via "genetics" rather than "genes" in most species. Nevertheless, genes associated with sex determination and male development were identified in a model fish medaka, Oryzias latipes. Sequences or genetic markers specific to certain sex chromosomes were reported in some fishes. These findings lay the groundwork for further studies on the function and regulation of sex genes aiming at elucidation of the mechanism of sex determination, and provide potential tool for sexing fish. In this minireview, progress in the past few decades in both cytogenetic and molecular genetic studies on sex determination of fish were summarized. Prospects, significance and possible future directions of the studies on fish sex determination were also discussed.
基金National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (no. 31625021)the State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 31530052)+3 种基金which were provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaThe Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (319QN155)Hainan University Startup Fund (KYQD(ZR)1866 to J.L., KYQD(ZR) 1916 to S.W.)the PlantaSYST project by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (SGA-CSA no. 664621 and no. 739582 under FPA no. 664620).
文摘Plants produce a myriad of structurally and functionally diverse metabolites that play many different roles in plant growth and development and in plant response to continually changing environmental conditions as well as abiotic and biotic stresses. This metabolic diversity is, to a large extent, due to chemical modification of the basic skeletons of metabolites. Here, we review the major known plant metabolite modifications and summarize the progress that has been achieved and the challenges we are facing in the field. We focus on discussing both technical and functional aspects in studying the influences that various modifications have on biosynthesis, degradation, transport, and storage of metabolites, as well as their bioactivity and toxicity. Finally, we discuss some emerging insights into the evolution of metabolic pathways and metabolite functionality.
