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Remove the top male spotty fish and, within minutes, the next-in-line female morphs into the tank s new tyrant charging and nipping rivals while her body quietly begins a weeks-long transition to male ...
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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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