Group sex, sex change, and parasitic males: Sexual strategies among the fishes and their neurobiological correlates

Annual Review of Sex Research

Volumn 14, Issue , 2003, Pages 160-184

  Black, M P ^a,b   Grober, M S ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative morph; GnRH, sneaker; Social behavior; Teleost; Vasopressin; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FISH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; NEUROSECRETION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; REPRODUCTION; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 4143091788     PISSN: 10532528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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