In response to social cues, individual clownfish will switch sexes. Cutting-edge research reveals the neural and genetic ...
NEW YORK (AP) — If in the beginning there was male and female, fish seem to have forgotten the memo. For nearly 500 fish species, including the clownfish in “Finding Nemo,” the great divide between ...
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How fish change gender to survive: The natural adaptation of clownfish, wrasses, and sea turtles
In the fascinating underwater world, gender is far from fixed. Many aquatic animals can change their sex, a unique biological process known as sequential hermaphroditism. This natural adaptation ...
University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka scientists have discovered that it takes mere minutes for a species of sex-changing fish to develop dominant behaviour after a change in the pecking order.
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