Fish go mad for ginger gene

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 09:49 in Biology & Nature

There may be plenty of fish in the sea but the medaka knows what it likes. A new study published in the open access journal BMC Biology shows how a single gene mutation that turns Japanese Killifish a drab grey colour renders them significantly less attractive to more colourful members of the opposite sex...

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