Neuropeptide B mediates female sexual receptivity in medaka fish, acting in a female-specific but reversible manner
Male and female animals display innate sex-specific mating behaviors. In teleost fish, altering the adult sex steroid milieu can effectively reverse sex-typical mating behaviors, suggesting remarkable sexual lability of their brains as adults. In the teleost medaka, neuropeptide B (NPB) is expressed...
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Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2019-08-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/39495 |