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Thalamic stimulation evokes sex-color change and gamete release in a vertebrate hermaphrodite

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Sperm and egg release and sex-color patterns specific for the male and female phases of reproductive behavior were elicited by electrical stimulation in the thalamus of anesthetized sea bass. Thalamic switching of the sex-role specific motor activities in response to visual signals from the mate is considered an important feature regulating the complex mating activity of these simultaneous hermaphrodites.

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Demski, L.S., Dulka, J.G. Thalamic stimulation evokes sex-color change and gamete release in a vertebrate hermaphrodite. Experientia 42, 1285–1287 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01946425

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