🧪ETHOLOGY: Sex-switching gobies! 🐟 ♀️ ♂️ Oyama et al. show that the yellow pygmygoby uses bidirectional sex change and simultaneous hermaphroditism to flexibly form monogamous pairs—quickly switching sex to match new mates. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1111/eth.... #SexualPlasticity
Functions of Bidirectional Sex Change and Simultaneously Hermaphroditic Phase Gonads in the Monogamous Goby Lubricogobius exiguus
Many fishes can change their sex. The remarkable example, Lubricogobius exiguus, is a goby that can undergo bidirectional sex change with hermaphroditic gonads, containing both developed ovaries and ...
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🧪ETHOLOGY: Sex-switching gobies! 🐟 ♀️ ♂️ Oyama et al. show that the yellow pygmygoby uses bidirectional sex change and simultaneous hermaphroditism to flexibly form monogamous pairs—quickly switching sex to match new mates. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1111/eth.... #SexualPlasticity