Medaka fish that lacked functional Hmgn2 genes were unable to distinguish between simple shapes, revealing a new function for the regulatory gene. Medaka fish that lacked functional Hmgn2 genes were ...

Scientists could gain insight into atypical sex development in vertebrates, including humans, by studying how nutrition affects sex changes in fish larvae. Larval nutrition plays a role in determining ...

A research team led by Hiroshima University and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology have proposed a neuroendocrine mechanism in bony fish that signals ovulation from the ovaries to the ...

No equivalent to the mammalian Sry sex-determining gene has been found in non-mammalian vertebrates. In an Advanced Online Publication in Nature, Masaru Matsuda and colleagues describe the ...

Medaka fish that lacked functional Hmgn2 genes were unable to distinguish between simple shapes, revealing a new function for the regulatory gene. The medaka, also known as the Japanese rice fish ...