Genome editing reveals fitness effects of a gene for sexual dichromatism in Sulawesian fishes
The mutations underlying sexually selected traits like the red fins on a male medaka fish can be hard to pinpoint. Using a new genome, transcriptomics and gene editing, Ansai et al. find that the gene csf1 causes male fins to be red, which attracts females and, surprisingly, is less attractive to pr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2021-03-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21697-0 |