Environmental Sex Determination: Interaction of Temperature and Genotype in a Fish
- 31 July 1981
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 213 (4507), 577-579
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.213.4507.577
Abstract
Sex determination in an atherinid fish, the Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia), is under the control of both genotype and temperature during a specific period of larval development. The sex ratios of the progeny of different females are variable and differ in their responsiveness to temperature. This demonstrates that sex ratio in fishes that normally have separate sexes can be influenced by the environment.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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