Gene | Species | Roles | References |
IAG | C. quadricarinatus | The key regulator of sexual differentiation in male individuals | [33] |
M. rosenbergii |
| [34] [35] | |
S. paramamosain |
| [36] | |
C. sapidus |
| [37] | |
P. pelagicus |
| [38] | |
F. chinensis |
| [39] | |
L. vannamei |
| [40] | |
M. japonicus |
| [41] | |
P. monodon |
| [42] | |
M. nipponense |
| [43] | |
P. virginalis |
| [44] | |
A. vulgare |
| [45] | |
Sxl | E. sinensis | Nonsex-specific expression of genes | [47] |
L. vannamei | Involved in the process of spermatogenesis | [48] | |
C. quadricarinatus | Male gonad biased expression | [49] | |
P. clarkii | Its change was not significant after IAG RNA interference | [50] | |
S. verreauxi | Has been identified | [51] | |
Tra | P. monodon | Developmental and gonad biased expression | [53] |
F. chinensis | Expression levels differ significantly during embryonic development | [54] | |
E. sinensis | Nonsex-specific expression of genes | [55] | |
M. nipponense | Developmental expression | [56] [57] | |
S. verreauxi | Has been identified | [51] | |
P. serratus | Has been identified | [58] | |
Dmrt | M. nipponense | Highly express in both ovaries and spermatocytes of mature males and females and developmental expression | [62] |
S. verreauxi | Male-biased expression patterns | [51] | |
P. serratus | Mainly express in testis | [58] | |
M. rosenbergii | Expressed mainly in the testis and the expression level correlates with IAG | [59] [63] [64] | |
E. sinensis | Express only in the testis and was highly expressed in the immature stage | [65] [67] | |
S. paramamosain | Mainly express in testis | [66] | |
F. chinensis | Sex-biased expression pattern in various tissues | [68] | |
L. vannamei | Higher expression in the testis than in the ovaries | [69] | |
Daphnia magna | Sex-biased expression | [70] | |
Fem-1 | P. serratus | Involved in gonad development | [58] |
E. sinensis | Might have a potential role in the final stages of gonad development | [73] | |
L. vannamei | Higher expression in the testis than in the ovaries | [74] | |
M. nipponense | Highly expressed in Ovary and involved in oogenesis/vitellogenesis | [75] | |
S. paramamosain | Identical expression in male and female gonads | [66] | |
P. monodon | Located within the sex-determining locus region | [12] | |
Masc | Artemia | Involving in sex differentiation | [76] |
Sox | P. serratus | Mainly express in testis | [58] |
L. vannamei | Higher expression in the testis than in the ovaries | [69] | |
M. nipponense | Involved in gonadal development | [77] | |
S. Paramamosain | Involved in gonadal development | [78] [79] | |
BMP7 | S. Paramamosain | Involved in ovarian development | [80] |
E. sinensis | Involved in spermatogenesis | [81] | |
CFSH | C. quadricarinatus | Have a crucial role in developing adult female phenotypes | [82] |
S. verreauxi |
| [83] | |
C. antarcticus |
| [84] | |
C. sapidus |
| [85] | |
M. japonicus |
| [86] | |
C. maenas |
| [85] | |
UCHLs | S. paramamosain | Higher expression in the ovaries than in the testis | [87] |
EGFR | S. paramamosain | Regulates the formation of male secondary sexual characteristics | [87] |
Sry | E. sinensis | Potentially involved in maintaining the testis development and spermatogenesis | [88] |
Vasa | S. paramamosain | Gonad-specific expression | [95] |
M. rosenbergii | Germ cell specific expression | [93] | |
Vg | S. paramamosain | Important role in yolk protein synthesis and ovarian development in female individuals | [90] [91] |
EcR | S. paramamosain | A Possible Role in Promoting Ovarian Development | [89] |
L. vannamei | Might be related to gonadal development | [94] | |
Ftz-f1 | E. sinensis | Interact with Foxl2 and involved in ovarian development cycle | [88] [92] |
Foxl2 | E. sinensis | Interact with Ftz-f1 and involved in ovarian development cycle | [88] [92] |