Sex determination and differentiation in Aurelia sp.1: the absence of temperature dependence

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Liu Chunsheng

作者： Liu Chunsheng;Gu Zhifeng;Sun Yun;Liu Chunsheng;Gu Zhifeng;Sun Yun;Xing Mengxin;Chen Siqing;Chen Zhaoting

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关键词： Aurelia sp.1; sex determination; temperature; sex diff erentiation

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY （ 影响因子：1.265； 五年影响因子：1.276 ）

ISSN： 2096-5508

年卷期： 2018 年 36 卷 2 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Cnidarians, being regarded as 'basal' metazoan animals, are considered to have relatively high plasticity in terms of sex reversal. In this study we used an experimental approach to demonstrate sexual differentiation and plasticity in benthic polyps and pelagic medusae of Aurelia sp.1 maintained at different temperatures. Results indicated that in Aurelia sp.1, sex differentiation has been determined at the polyp stage and that all medusae originating from a given polyp are, phenotypically, of the same sex. In addition, the sex of polyps budding from the same clone (either male or female) at different temperatures appears to be the same as that of the parent. The sex of medusae that had originated from a known-sex polyp was observed to remain the same as that of the parent, irrespective of differences in strobilation or rearing temperatures. These results indicate that the mechanism of sex determination of Aurelia sp.1. is not influenced by prevailing temperature regimes. A comparison of variability in terms of sexual plasticity of Aurelia sp.1 with that of Hydrozoa and Anthozoa suggests that species characterized by a free-swimming medusa life stage have a high dispersal potential, which probably results in a lower rate of sex reversal.

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