First Portrait of the Molecular Metamorphosis Behind Sex Changes in a Tropical Fish (5 of 5) (VIDEO)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Caption

A dominant male patrolling a territory and courting a female (yellow colouration), with a pair-spawning event (at ~ 13 sections). This material relates to a paper that appeared in the July 10th, 2019, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by E.V. Todd at University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, and colleagues was titled, "Stress, novel sex genes, and epigenetic reprogramming orchestrate socially controlled sex change."

Credit

John Godwin and William Tyler

Usage Restrictions

Please cite the owner of the material when publishing. This material may be freely used by reporters as part of news coverage, with proper attribution. Non-reporters must contact <i>Science</i> for permission.

License

Licensed content

Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.