Fish Use Clever Mating Trick


	Fish Use Clever Mating Trick

n2teaching

11-20-2007 10:45 AM

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cichlids, fish, mating, mouth brooder, fin spots, research, genetics

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Some fish are able to get sex by faking out the females. Now scientists have found a gene that helps them do so. 
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This form of mating ‘trickery’ works so well that more than 80 percent of cichlid species evolved the fake egg markings. 
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Researchers at the University of Germany identified the gene associated with the egg-like markings by observing how the gene was expressed in distantly related species, where such spots developed on the pectoral fins rather than the anal fins. 
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The researchers published their findings in the online open access journal BMC Biology. 
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