Breaking the rules: modifications of sexual reproductive pathways in vertebrates

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Duration

01.05.2023
30.04.2026
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Photo: Mareike Bendedix

This project aims at studying the link between sex determination systems and initiation and maintenance of asexuality through a comparative analysis of gametogenesis and early embryogenesis, underlying the mechanistic basis of altered gametogenic pathways of "asexual" reproduction.

Project team at IGB

Matthias Stöck

Research Group Leader
Research group
Genetics and Evolution of Fish (and other Vertebrates)

Heiner Kuhl

Scientific Staff
Research group
Molecular Fish Physiology
Genetics and Evolution of Fish (and other Vertebrates)
Supported by

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; STO493/8)