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The process of sex reversal in fishes is socially mediated and requires a total reorganization of the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis. When the ratio of males to females in a population of saddleback wrasse (Thalassoma dupperrey) is too low, the largest female becomes male over the course of 6 to 8 weeks. This event requires the conversion of external social cues into internal chemical cues.In...
Monoamine neurotransmitters (norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin) play an important role in reproduction and sexual behavior throughout the vertebrates. They are the first endogenous chemical signals in the regulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis. In teleosts with behavioral sex determination, much is known about behavioral cues that induce sex reversal. The cues are social,...
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