Whole Transcriptome Analysis of Male and Female Northern Pike (Esox lucius)
Junjie Zhang, Zhelan Wang, Qian Xiao, Xinan Fu, Sitong Li, Shuhan Chen, Yang Cao, Xuefei Zhao, Yu Zhang · 2026
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Description
Junjie Zhang and colleagues present a 2026 comparison of gene activity in male and female northern pike. Pike grow at different rates by sex, and the molecular basis of sex differentiation in the species remains unclear. The team sequenced gonad tissue from three females and three males.
Their whole-transcriptome survey found many RNAs that differed between the sexes. These included messenger, micro, circular, and long non-coding forms. Differing genes clustered in pathways tied to steroid hormone production and egg cell division. A regulatory network centred on one microRNA emerged as a candidate for follow-up work. Fish breeders and biologists get a first full dataset for this species, useful for future breeding research.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Junjie Zhang, Zhelan Wang, Qian Xiao, Xinan Fu, Sitong Li, Shuhan Chen, Yang Cao, Xuefei Zhao, Yu Zhang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |