Article
Temperature and sex chromosomes govern sex ratios of the mouthbrooding Cichlid fish <i>Oreochromis niloticus</i>
1995-10-15
Abstract excerpt
Abstract Up to now, temperature sex differentiation has been demonstrated in a single fish species, Menidia menidia . This study analyzes this hypothesis in Oreochromis niloticus . Treatments at 36°C, covering the hormone sensitive period, increased the proportion of males (33% to 81%). The male proportion was affected by treatments starting not later than 13 days after fertilization and lasting 10 days or more. S...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e0befbfc-3474-5cea-8fe6-49e1fc3cecf3
- DOI
- 10.1002/jez.1402730306
