Characterization of and Homologs in Snakeskin Gourami () and Their Expression Levels during Larval Development and in Gonads of Males and Females.

The purpose of this study was to clone and characterize and homologs in snakeskin gourami () and to determine their expression levels during larval development and in the gonads of males and females. Both cDNAs contained predicted regions that shared consensus motifs with the family in teleosts and the family in vertebrates. Phylogenetic tree construction analysis confirmed that these two genes were clustered in the families of teleosts.