The remarkable reproductive diversity of teleost fishes

Smith, Carl; Wootton, Robert J.

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12/2016

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Abstract

Teleosts display the most striking reproductive diversity of all vertebrates. However, no convincing hypothesis has yet been proposed to explain why they have evolved this remarkable variability in their modes of reproduction. Some of the features of the reproductive biology of teleosts are briefly reviewed and unique characteristics of the group that may have made possible the evolution of their remarkable reproductive diversity are considered. These include whole genome duplication, the mode of differentiation of the gonads, and the organisation of the brain–pituitary relationship.

Citation

Smith , C & Wootton , R J 2016 , ' The remarkable reproductive diversity of teleost fishes ' , Fish and Fisheries , vol. 17 , no. 4 , pp. 1208-1215 . https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12116

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Fish and Fisheries

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Peer reviewed

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12116

ISSN

1467-2960

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Journal article

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© 2016, Publisher / the Author(s). This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at onlinelibrary.wiley.com / https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.12116

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University of St Andrews Research

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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/10318