The first evidence of intersexuality in Atka mackerel Pleurogrammus monopterygius (Hexagrammidae)статьяИсследовательская статья
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Аннотация:Histological examination of Atka mackerel ovotestes reveals the possibility of intersexuality.Individuals with bisexual gonads have been caught in the North Pacific near the south-east coastof the Kamchatka peninsula. While intersex appeared to be normal females with developingovaries, histological analysis showed the presence of both female and male tissue in the samegonad. Specifically, primary growth, cortical alveolar and primary vitellogenic oocytes werelocated among spermatogonia cysts. The prevalence of intersexuality in the population was lessthan 0.1%