Comparative analysis of Pacific abalone gonadal developmental temporal transcriptome reveals genes related to gonadal differentiation and development

Pacific abalone (Haliotis discus hannai Ino) is a commercially significant marine mollusk. To investigate its sex determination and differentiation mechanisms, we conducted comparative transcriptomic analysis of male and female gonads across six developmental stages (240, 256, 270, 284, 301 dpf, and adulthood).