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- Title
Sex change in coral reef fish.
- Authors
Nakamura, Masaru; Kobayashi, Yasuhisa; Miura, Saori; Alam, Mohamad Ashraful; Bhandari, Ramji Kumar
- Abstract
Gonadal differentiation can take many forms in fish, ranging from gonochorism, where individuals directly develop as male or female and finally possess only testis or ovaries at sexual maturation, to hermaphroditism where the same individuals can produce mature male and female gametes at some time in their lives. Hermaphrodite fish are, thus, an excellent model for studying the plasticity of sex determination and differentiation in vertebrates. We have shown that sex steroids play a principal role in sex differentiation and sex change in fish. Our laboratory implements several fish models that undergo sex change from female to male or male to female or in both directions. In this review, we will briefly discuss recent advances in our understanding of the mechanism of sex change in coral reef fish.
- Subjects
SEX change in animals; FISHES; REEF fishes; CORAL reef animals; GONADS
- Publication
Fish Physiology & Biochemistry, 2005, Vol 31, Issue 2/3, p117
- ISSN
0920-1742
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10695-006-7595-x