Monosex Populations of the Giant Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii-From a Pre-Molecular Start to the Next Generation Era

Melody Wahl; Tom Levy; Tomer Ventura; Amir Sagi

doi:10.3390/ijms242417433

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Monosex Populations of the Giant Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii-From a Pre-Molecular Start to the Next Generation Era

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Monosex Populations of the Giant Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii-From a Pre-Molecular Start to the Next Generation Era

Melody Wahl, Tom Levy, Tomer Ventura and Amir Sagi

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol.24, pp.1-18

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242417433

PMCID: PMC10743721

PMID: 38139271

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Abstract

androgenic gland

decapods

environmental management

IAG-switch

insulin-like

peptide

sexual manipulation

Sexual manipulation in the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii has proven successful in generating monosex (both all-male and all-female) populations for aquaculture using a crustacean-specific endocrine gland, the androgenic gland (AG), which serves as a key masculinizing factor by producing and secreting an insulin-like AG hormone (IAG). Here, we provide a summary of the advancements from the discovery of the AG and IAG in decapods through to the development of monosex populations in M. rosenbergii. We discuss the broader sexual development pathway, which is highly divergent across decapods, and provide our future perspective on the utility of novel genetic and genomic tools in promoting refined approaches towards monosex biotechnology. Finally, the future potential benefits of deploying monosex prawn populations for environmental management are discussed.

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Title: Monosex Populations of the Giant Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii-From a Pre-Molecular Start to the Next Generation Era
Authors: Melody Wahl (Author) - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Tom Levy (Author) - Stanford University School of Medicine
Tomer Ventura (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Bioinnovation
Amir Sagi (Corresponding Author) - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Publication details: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol.24, pp.1-18
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date published: 2023
DOI: 10.3390/ijms242417433
ISSN: 1422-0067
PMID: 38139271; PMC10743721
Copyright note: © 2023 by the authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Grant note: This research was partially funded by the Gruss Lipper Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded to TL. This research was partially funded by the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) within the ISFNSFC (Grant No. 2368/18) and by a grant from the Ministry of Science & Technology, under The Taiwan-Israel Collaboration program (grant no 001994).
Organisation Unit: School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99992997902621
Output Type: Journal article

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