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Crustacean Sexual Differentiation: a Decapod Perspective
Current Opinion in Insect Science, Vol.69, pp.1-6
2025
PMID: 40132748
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Abstract
Sexual differentiation in crustaceans is shaped by genetic, hormonal, and environmental factors, with notable interspecies diversity. This review highlights key mechanisms in decapods, including genetic pathways like Doublesex and species-specific variations, such as the Y-linked iDMY gene in spiny lobsters. Male differentiation is driven by the androgenic gland and its insulin-like hormone, while female differentiation involves eyestalk neuropeptides like gonad-inhibiting hormone. Environmental factors, such as density, influence flexible genetic systems. These findings aid aquaculture by enabling sex ratio manipulation and inform conservation through biotechnological advances. Emerging tools like CRISPR promise deeper insights into crustacean sexual differentiation.
Details
- Title
- Crustacean Sexual Differentiation: a Decapod Perspective
- Authors
- Tomer Ventura (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Bioinnovation
- Publication details
- Current Opinion in Insect Science, Vol.69, pp.1-6
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd., Current Opinion Journals
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cois.2025.101371
- ISSN
- 2214-5753; 2214-5745
- PMID
- 40132748
- Copyright note
- © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Data Availability
- No data was used for the research described in the article.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991115751702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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