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The male bluehead wrasse defends his group of yellow females, one of whom has to step-up and take charge if he leaves. Kevin Bryant

What we learn from a fish that can change sex in just 10 days

Jenny Graves, La Trobe University; Erica Todd, Deakin University, and Neil Gemmell, University of Otago

When a male bluehead wrasse is removed from the group he dominates, the largest female changes sex, rapidly transforming ovaries into sperm-producing testes. Molecular research shows how.
The giant freshwater prawn is native to the Indo-West Pacific from northwest India to Vietnam, Philippines, New Guinea and northern Australia. It has been introduced into many countries for aquaculture. https://www.shutterstock.com

Breeding single-sex animal populations could help prevent disease and poverty

Tomer Ventura, University of the Sunshine Coast

Entire populations of prawn ‘super-females’ are now being commercially distributed. The science behind this continues to advance and could have a far-reaching impact on both humans and animals.
Gender dysphoria is when a person’s subjectively felt gender is incongruent with her or his biological sex. Purple Sherbet Photography/Flickr

Children with gender dysphoria deserve better from the law

Malcolm Smith, Queensland University of Technology

The legal steps they’re required to take for gender dysphoria treatment places an unnecessary burden on children and their families.

Related Topics

  1. Animal behaviour
  2. Aquatic species
  3. Epigenetics
  4. Experimental psychology
  5. Fish evolution
  6. Gender dysphoria
  7. Prawns
  8. Sex chromosomes

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