Effects of cortisol on female-to-male sex change in a wrasse.

Sex change occurs as a usual part of the life cycle for many teleost fish and the modifications involved (behavioural, gonadal, morphological) are well studied. However, the mechanism that transduces environmental cues into the molecular cascade that underlies this transformation remains unknown. Co...

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Main Authors: Alexander Goikoetxea, Erica V Todd, Simon Muncaster, P Mark Lokman, Jodi T Thomas, Holly A Robertson, Carlos E De Farias E Moraes, Neil J Gemmell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273779