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Y chromosome evolution spurs behavioural diversity in male fish

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The Y chromosome of the freshwater fish Poecilia parae may have successively evolved five haplotypes that are maintained in the population for alternative male reproductive strategies.

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Fig. 1: Five male reproductive morphs linked to the Poecilia parae Y chromosome.

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  1. MOE Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Qi Zhou

  2. Department of Neuroscience and Developmental Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Qi Zhou

  3. Department of Gastroenterology/Department of Cardiology of the Second Affiliated Hospital School of Medicine and Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Qi Zhou

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Zhou, Q. Y chromosome evolution spurs behavioural diversity in male fish. Nat Ecol Evol 5, 892–893 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01463-7

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