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The genetic basis of a novel reproductive strategy in Sulawesi ricefishes: How modularity and a low number of loci shape pelvic brooding.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 May 2022
Flury Jana M, Hilgers Leon, Herder Fabian, Spanke Tobias, Misof Bernhard, Wowor Daisy, Boneka Farnis, Wantania Letha Louisiana, Mokodongan Daniel F, Mayer Christoph, Nolte Arne W, Schwarzer Julia
Abstract excerpt
The evolution of complex phenotypes like reproductive strategies is challenging to understand, as they often depend on multiple adaptations that only jointly result in a specific functionality. Sulawesi ricefishes (Adrianichthyidae) evolved a reproductive strategy termed as pelvic brooding. In contrast to the more common transfer brooding, female pelvic brooders carry an egg bundle connected to their body for...
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