Fish Go Mad For Ginger Gene

Monday, September 28, 2009 - 19:28 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 gray color renders them significantly less attractive to more colorful members of the opposite sex.

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