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Ecological and evolutionary consequences of alternative sex-change pathways in fish.
Scientific reports - 22 Aug 2017
Benvenuto C, Coscia I, Chopelet J, Sala-Bozano M, Mariani S
Abstract excerpt
Sequentially hermaphroditic fish change sex from male to female (protandry) or vice versa (protogyny), increasing their fitness by becoming highly fecund females or large dominant males, respectively. These life-history strategies present different social organizations and reproductive modes, from near-random mating in protandry, to aggregate- and harem-spawning in protogyny. Using a combination of theoretical...
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