Feminization of the Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus by estradiol-17? Effects on growth, gonadal development and body composition

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  • Juan Pablo Alcántar-Vázquez Dependencia de Educación Superior: Ciencias Agropecuarias, Laboratorio de Acuicultura. Universidad del Papaloapan (UNPA). Av. Ferrocarril s/n, Col. Ciudad Universitaria, Loma Bonita, Oaxaca. 68400. México
  • Paola Rueda-Curiel Dependencia de Educación Superior: Ciencias Agropecuarias, Laboratorio de Acuicultura. Universidad del Papaloapan (UNPA). Av. Ferrocarril s/n, Col. Ciudad Universitaria, Loma Bonita, Oaxaca. 68400. México
  • Daniel Calzada-Ruíz Dependencia de Educación Superior: Ciencias Agropecuarias, Laboratorio de Acuicultura. Universidad del Papaloapan (UNPA). Av. Ferrocarril s/n, Col. Ciudad Universitaria, Loma Bonita, Oaxaca. 68400. México
  • Carolina Antonio-Estrada Dependencia de Educación Superior: Ciencias Agropecuarias, Laboratorio de Acuicultura. Universidad del Papaloapan (UNPA). Av. Ferrocarril s/n, Col. Ciudad Universitaria, Loma Bonita, Oaxaca. 68400. México
  • Raúl Moreno-de la Torre Dependencia de Educación Superior: Ciencias Agropecuarias, Laboratorio de Acuicultura. Universidad del Papaloapan (UNPA). Av. Ferrocarril s/n, Col. Ciudad Universitaria, Loma Bonita, Oaxaca. 68400. México

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Atypical fish, body composition, Estradiol-17?, females, Oreochromis niloticus, sex-reversed

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Conditions for the feminization of undifferentiated XY fry of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fed on a diet supplemented with estradiol-17? (E2) were investigated in order to produce functional phenotypical females (genetic males). Different E2 concentrations (60 and 120 mg kg-1) were tested over a period of 30 days in a closed recirculating system. Fry were fed ad libitum at 1-h intervals. The effects on growth, gonadal development and body composition were evaluated at sexual maturity. Sex-reversed females were produced in both E2 treatments. The proportion of males was significantly lower (p < 0.05) in both E2 treatments compared to the control group. Fish with atypical papilla and normal ovaries were produced
in both E2 concentrations. These fish were considered sex-reversed females. Growth was significantly higher (p < 0.05) in the males compared to both the females and the sex-reversed ones in all groups analyzed. No testicular tissue was observed in any of the ovaries of the sex-reversed females analyzed. The percentage of fat in muscle increased and that of protein decreased significantly (p < 0.05) in the sex-reversed females compared to that observed in the control group. Identified sex-reversed females will be used in the production of YY males through mating with normal males, as part of a developing breeding program to produce a male genetic population in the southern region of Mexico.

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Alcántar-Vázquez, J. P., Rueda-Curiel, P., Calzada-Ruíz, D., Antonio-Estrada, C., & Moreno-de la Torre, R. (2016). Feminization of the Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus by estradiol-17? Effects on growth, gonadal development and body composition. HIDROBIOLÓGICA, 25(2), 275–283. Recuperado de https://hidrobiologica.izt.uam.mx/hidrobiologica/index.php/revHidro/article/view/485

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