Male-to-female sex change in widowed males of the protogynous damselfish Dascyllus aruanus
Male-to-female sex change in widowed males of the protogynous damselfish Dascyllus aruanus
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原生雀鲷 Dascyllus aruanus 丧偶雄性的性别变化
DOI:
10.1007/s10164-015-0450-8
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
0.9
通讯作者:
T. Kadota
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作者:
T. Kuwamura;S. Suzuki;T. Kadota
Sex change occurs in various plants and animals. Protandry, protogyny, and bidirectional (or reversed) sex change have been reported in fish. Bidirectional sex change is known in 30 species from six families, but has not been reported in damselfish (Pomacentridae). We conducted mate-removal experiments to make male/female-only groups in the protogynous humbug damselfishDascyllus aruanus, living on branching-type corals under low-density conditions. The smaller of the widowed males on an isolated coral head changed sex to female when no females or juveniles immigrated onto the coral. Female-removal experiments are needed to verify reversed sex change in other protogynous species.