Fish sex reversal is a means to understand sex determination and differentiation, but it is
also used to control sex in aquaculture. This review discusses sex reversal in gonochoristic …

Behavioral neuroendocrinology is an integrative discipline that spans a wide range of taxa
and neural systems, and thus the appropriate designation of homology (sameness) across …

Teleost fishes exhibit complex sexual characteristics in response to androgens, such as fin
enlargement and courtship display. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying their …

Male and female animals typically display innate sex-specific mating behaviors, which, in
vertebrates, are highly dependent on sex steroid signaling. While estradiol-17β (E2) …

The pituitary gland controls many important physiological processes in vertebrates,
including growth, homeostasis, and reproduction. As in mammals, the teleost pituitary …

Background Stress and anxiety-related behaviors are seen in many organisms. Studies
have shown that in humans and other animals, treatment with selective serotonin reuptake …

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

Background Male and female vertebrates typically differ in a range of characteristics, from
morphology to physiology to behavior, which are influenced by factors such as the social …

Adult male animals typically court and attempt to mate with females, while attacking other
males. Emerging evidence from mice indicates that neurons expressing the estrogen …

Background Teleosts are characterized by a remarkable breadth of sexual mechanisms
including various forms of hermaphroditism. Sparidae is a fish family exhibiting gonochorism …