Genetic mechanisms of sex determination are still unknown in most amphibians. This study elucidates a mechanism behind amphibian sex determination by uncovering a sex-determining locus (bod1l gene and a Y-specific non-coding RNA, ncRNA-Y) in European green toads (Bufo(tes) viridis) which initiates male development.
- Heiner Kuhl
- Wen Hui Tan
- Matthias Stöck