N.C. State: Gut Length Driven by 'Sexual Conflict' in Fish Species
July 09, 2025
July 09, 2025
RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 9 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release:
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Gut Length Driven by 'Sexual Conflict' in Fish Species
A new study that looked at gut length variation between cichlid fish species found that some of the genetic loci for the trait are sex-specific even though males and females of the same species have the same gut length. The work supports a scenario of "sexual conflict," . . .
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Gut Length Driven by 'Sexual Conflict' in Fish Species
A new study that looked at gut length variation between cichlid fish species found that some of the genetic loci for the trait are sex-specific even though males and females of the same species have the same gut length. The work supports a scenario of "sexual conflict," . . .