FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Methods for identifying and interpreting sex‐linked SNP markers and carrying out sex assignment: application to thornback ray ( Raja clavata ) BT AF Trenkel, Verena Boudry, Pierre VERREZ-BAGNIS, Veronique Lorance, Pascal AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:1; FF 1:PDG-RBE-EMH;2:PDG-RBE-PFOM;3:PDG-RBE-BRM-LEMMMB;4:PDG-RBE-EMH; C1 Ifremer, EMH Nantes, France Univ Brest, Ifremer, CNRS, IRD, LEMAR Plouzané ,France Ifremer, LEMMMB Nantes ,France C2 IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI NANTES BREST SE PDG-RBE-EMH PDG-RBE-PFOM PDG-RBE-BRM-LEMMMB UM LEMAR IN WOS Ifremer UPR WOS Ifremer UMR IF 1.251 TC 9 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00640/75231/75376.pdf LA English DT Article CR EVHOE EVALUATION HALIEUTIQUE OUEST DE L'EUROPE RAIE-JUVES BO Thalia DE ;association-based approach;F(ST)outlier analysis;neural net;sex assignment error;sex-determination system;sex-linked SNP;thornback ray AB Sex determining modes remain unknown in numerous species, notably in fishes, in which a variety of modalities have been reported. Additionally, non‐invasive individual sexing is problematic for species without external sex attributes or for early life stages, requiring cytogenetic or molecular analyses when sex chromosomes or sex‐linked markers have been characterized. Genomics now provide a means to achieve this. Here, we review common sex‐determination systems and corresponding statistical methods for identifying sex‐linked genetic markers and their use for sex assignment, focusing on single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers derived from reduced representation sequencing methods. We demonstrate the dependence of expected sex assignment error on the number of sex‐linked SNPs and minor allele frequency. The application of three methods was made here: i) identification of heterozygote excess in one sex, ii) F ST outlier analysis between the two sexes and iii) neuronal net modelling. These methods were applied to a large SNP dataset (4604 SNPs) for 1680 thornback rays (Raja clavata ). Using method i), nineteen putative sex‐linked SNPs were identified. Comparison with the reference genome of a related species (Amblyraja radiata ) indicated that all 19 SNPs are likely located on the same chromosome. These results suggest that thornback ray has a XX/XY sex‐determination system. Method ii) identified eight SNPs probably located on different chromosomes. Method i) led to the lowest sex assignment error among the three methods (4.2% error for females and 3.7% for males). PY 2020 PD NOV SO Molecular Ecology Resources SN 1755-098X PU Wiley VL 20 IS 6 UT 000553501400001 BP 1610 EP 1619 DI 10.1111/1755-0998.13225 ID 75231 ER EF