1. Thomas D. Kocher Department of Biology BSCI 338K - Lecture 3 Developmental genetics of sex determination

3. Migration of Primordial Germ Cell (PGCs)

5. Functional gene network analysis of testis development genes 109 genes with 1.5-fold change in expression from e13-e16 in the mouse gonad. Cell processes involved in testis development were determined based on the number of arrows connected to each box (connectivity). (Clement et al. 2007)

6. Genetic interactions

7. Developmental pathway

8. Central switch? (DiNapoli and Capel, 2007)

9. Vertebrate sex determination Ezaz et al. 2006 SRY

10. Tilapia (Genomar)

11. Sex-linked markers in Oreochromis niloticus: LG1 (Lee 2003) Ph.D thesis of Bo-Young Lee

12. Epistasis in O. aureus LG 1 LG 3 X/XX/Y W/Z Z/Z (Lee 2004)

13. LG1 and LG3 are distinct chromosomes (Cnaani 2007)

14. Sex-linked markers in tilapia

15. Sex determination in Malawi cichlids Survey of 19 species in five genera 94 families (2066 offspring) Extensive variation in sex ratios Genotyped for microsatellite markers Focused on LG 5 and 7 M.S. thesis of Jennifer Ser

16. Metriaclima phaeos - XY on LG7

17. Metriaclima phaeos - WZ on LG5

18. M. fainzilberi - WZ and XY

19. Grand summary…

20. Hidden complexity of genetic interactions LG7 XY (widespread) LG5 WZ (OB species) LG? XY M. kompakt LG? M. callainos LG? WZ M. lombardoi LG? WZ M. pyrsonotus

21. Metriaclima lombardoi 44 chromosomes + B chromosome (some females) Duplication in largest pair (some males) Irani Ferreira

22. Sex determiners in African cichlids Tilapia Malawi

23. Candidate gene on LG1

24. Ijiri et al. 2006

25. Quantitative PCR of mRNA Ijiri et al. 2006Tilapia gonads 0-70 days

26. Project Opportunities: Sex Determination Fine map the LG1 XY locus in Nile tilapia Fine map the LG7 XY locus in Malawi cichlids Map new sex determiners in Malawi cichlids Map sex determiners in Lake Victoria cichlids Map sex determining locus in Astatotilapia burtoni Annotate sex determining regions of other fishes onto cichlid genome sequence Characterize expression of candidate genes during gonad development

27. Proposal Process Proposal format –Cover page –Abstract (300 words) –Proposal Body (10 pp total) Background (2-3 pp) Preliminary data (1-2 pp) Proposed research (5-6 pp) Expected Results and timeline (1 pp) –References –Budget Proposals due ****Feb 17, 2011 **** Peer reviews due Feb 22, 2011 Panel meeting Feb 24, 2011 Project start date March 1, 2011