Group Sex, Sex Change, and Parasitic Males

Sexual Strategies among the Fishes and Their Neurobiological Correlates

Bibliographic Data

ID12398167
AuthorsMichael P Black (0000-0001-6020-1865, Georgia State University, corresponding author), M S Grober (Georgia State University)
Year2003
Volume14
Issue1
Pages160-184
Publication date2003-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnual Review of Sex Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1053-2528 • E-ISSN: 2168-3654
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10532528.2003.10559815
PMID15287162
OpenAlexW1498140643
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited96

Sexual selection, in the form of intrasexual competition and mate choice, has driven the evolution of a variety of sexual phenotypes amongst the vertebrates (Andersson, 1994). As a result, vertebrate species utilize many different approaches to acquire fertilizations. Humans and other primates show a wide range of sexual behaviors, but this range is dwarfed by the remarkable variation seen in advanced fishes. The goals of this review are (a) to acquaint the reader with the tremendous sexual diversity exhibited by fishes, (b) to demonstrate how this diversity provides unique opportunities to examine the neurobiological correlates of vertebrate sexual strategies, and (c) to highlight the parallels between the neuroendocrine correlates of the sexual strategies of fish with the mechanisms underlying sexual phenotypes in other vertebrates, showing the utility of fish studies for understanding sexual variation in general

Biology · Developmental psychology · Diversity (politics · Evolutionary biology · Sexual behavior · Sexual selection · Vertebrate · Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior · Psychology · Genetics

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