Sexual differentiation is divided into gonadal sexual differentiation and brain sexual differentiation in the teleosts. Gonadal sexual differentiation is regulated by brain sexual differentiation. Brain sexual differentiation is resulted from the neural development, which lead to the sexual dimorphism of both structure and functions of brain. The neural development is influenced by the genetic factors and the external environmental factors. The lower temperature induces a higher proportion of female while the elevated temperature induces a higher proportion of male in tilapia. In addition, there is sexual difference in effects of temperature on the activity of brain neurochemicals. Water temperature plays an important role on the development of central neurotransmitter systems and sexual differentiation during the developing period. In the present study, the primary neural culture cloned from the female and male tilapia¡AOreochromis mossambicus was used. The difference of the physiological characteristics between the neural cells derived from the females and males, were investigated. These results show that the elevated temperature has an effect to enhance the proliferation in both primary neural culture of females and males.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0905111-160052 |
Date | 05 September 2011 |
Creators | Wei, Jia-Yi |
Contributors | Juei-Tang Cheng, Ching-Lin Tsai, Li-Hsueh Wang |
Publisher | NSYSU |
Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
Language | Cholon |
Detected Language | English |
Type | text |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0905111-160052 |
Rights | user_define, Copyright information available at source archive |
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