Male sexual behaviour linked to elevated male sex hormone receptors in muscles of sex-changing fish

09 Jun 2017


Sex-changing fish exhibit differences in androgen receptor expression in muscles that are highly sensitive to androgens and essential for male courtship behaviour, according to a study in PLOS One.

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