Early fasting does not impact gonadal size nor vasa gene expression in the European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax.

Primordial germ cells (PGCs) play a crucial role in sexual development in fish, with recent studies revealing their influence on sexual fate. Notably, PGC number at specific developmental stages can determine whether an individual develops as male or female. Temperature was shown to impact PGC proliferation and the subsequent phenotypic sex in some fish species.

The Pacific oyster reproduction is affected by early-life exposure to environmental pesticide mixture: A multigenerational study.

Pesticides threat marine organisms worldwide. Among them, the Pacific oyster is a bivalve mollusc model in marine ecotoxicology. A large body of literature already stated on the multiple-scale effects pesticides can trigger in the Pacific oyster, throughout its life cycle and in a delayed manner.

Male triploid oysters of Crassostrea gigas exhibit defects in mitosis and meiosis during early spermatogenesis.

The Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, is a successive irregular hermaphrodite mollusk which has an annual breeding cycle. Oysters are naturally diploid organisms, but triploid oysters have been developed for use in shellfish aquaculture, with the aim of obtaining sterile animals with commercial value. However, studies have shown that some triploid oysters are partially able to undergo gametogenesis, with numerous proliferating cells closed to diploids (3n alpha) or a partial one with an accumulation of locked germ cells (3n beta).