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Galanin and prolactin expression in relation to parental care in two sympatric cichlid species from Lake Tanganyika

Abstract

Our understanding of the hormonal mechanisms underlying parental care mainly stems from research on species with uniparental care. Far less is known about the physiological changes underlying motherhood and fatherhood in biparental caring species. Here, using two biparental caring cichlid species (Neolamprologus caudopunctatus and Neolamprologus pulcher), we explored the relative gene-expression levels of two genes implicated in the control of …

Authors

Cunha-Saraiva F; Martins RST; Power DM; Balshine S; Schaedelin FC

Journal

General and Comparative Endocrinology, Vol. 309, ,

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

August 2021

DOI

10.1016/j.ygcen.2021.113785

ISSN

0016-6480