Sex-specific compensatory growth in food-deprived Nile tilapia

Female Nile tilapia incubate fertilized eggs in their mouth until they are released as alevins. Consequently, the female may not eat during this period. Thus, it would be expected that female Nile tilapia are more adapted to recovering from fasting than males, which do not display this behavior. To...

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Main Authors: R.E. Barreto, P.S.A. Moreira, R.F. Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2003-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2003000400009