Publications by authors named "Xing-Lin Lai"
Crustacean female sex hormone (CFSH) was first identified as a female eyestalk-specific factor involved in the female sexual development in blue crab. Whether CFSH has conserved role in other decapod species remains to be clarified. In this study, we identified a CFSH gene (MrCFSH) in the Z and W chromosomes from the prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii genome.
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- Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is essential for reproductive regulation in vertebrates, but its function in invertebrates like the crab Eriocheir sinensis has been under-studied and controversial.
- Researchers identified two GnRH-like peptides in the crab's brain that are linked to oocyte maturation and found that these peptides significantly activate the signaling pathways related to germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD).
- The study provides the first evidence of GnRH-like peptides in crabs, highlighting their role in oocyte maturation and confirming that they operate through cAMP and calcium signaling pathways, similar to GnRH functions in vertebrates.
Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is an economically important fish. It can spawn many times during a breeding season, and there are no obvious morphological characteristics to distinguish male and female juvenile fish. So far, little is known about the genes regulating their sexual development in this species.
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