Abstract Arginine-vasotocin (AVT)/arginine vasopressin (AVP) are members of the
AVP/oxytocin (OT) superfamily of peptides that are involved in the regulation of social …

The nonapeptide hormones arginine vasotocin and isotocin play important roles in
mediating social behaviors in fishes. Studies in a diverse range of species demonstrate …

Bluehead wrasses undergo dramatic, socially cued female-to-male sex change. We apply
transcriptomic and methylome approaches in this wild coral reef fish to identify the primary …

Sexual fate is no longer seen as an irreversible deterministic switch set during early
embryonic development but as an ongoing battle for primacy between male and female …

Neuropeptides of the arginine vastocin (AVT) family, including the mammalian peptides
arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OXT), comprise neuroendocrine circuits that …

Teleost fish exhibit remarkably diverse and plastic patterns of sexual development. One of
the most fascinating modes of plasticity is functional sex change, which is widespread in …

The study of sex differences has produced major insights into the organization of animal
phenotypes and the regulatory mechanisms generating phenotypic variation from similar …

A survey of empirical studies relating mating and parental investment reveals as many
unpredicted patterns as results supporting existing hypotheses. This leaves us with …

Behavior and physiology are regulated by both environment and social context. A central
goal in the study of the social control of behavior is to determine the underlying …

Background Teleost fishes exhibit remarkably diverse and plastic sexual developmental
patterns. One of the most astonishing is the rapid socially controlled female-to-male …