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Female cichlids mate with novel androgen receptor mutant males that lack coloration.
Hormones and behavior - 1 Jul 2024
Howard Megan R, Ramsaroop Maxximus G, Hoadley Andrew P, Jackson Lillian R, Lopez Mariana S, Saenz Lauren A, Alward Beau
Abstract excerpt
A key challenge in animal behavior is disentangling the social stimuli that drive conspecific behaviors. For some species, like teleost fish, putative sexual signaling cues are inextricably linked to others, making it difficult to parse the precise roles distinct signals play in driving conspecific behaviors. In the African cichlid Astatotilapia burtoni, males are either dominant or subordinate, wherein bright...
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