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Re: Sex Ratio "Experiment"
I think that is what butch Taylor says, and he has raised hundreds of them
over the years.
Al Anderson
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Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 7:15 AM
Subject: Sex Ratio "Experiment"
>
> KI>>First, folks collect easy to collect data on
> KI>>hypothesized factors:
> KI>> mostly temp, pH, any others?
>
> KI>Perhaps you might want to consider age of parents also. Not sure this
is
> KI>significant but on a number of species(in the Aphyosemion genus) I seem
to
> KI>get more even ratios as time passed.
>
> Exclusively Killies members have told me that sex ratios for Epiplatys
> lamottei change as the male ages--if I remember correctly, mostly males
> when young and mostly females when old. Any ExK members out there that
> can tell more?
>
> Catherine
>
>
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