Re: Sex ratios

[Wright Huntley <jwwiii at pacbell_net>]

Whee! Another chance to shoot at Lee! :-)

LeeH920226 at aol_com wrote:
> In a message dated 2/2/03 11:39:28 AM, Grewsh at aol_com writes:
> 
> << I 
> am Scheeli and Striatum in almost identical water conditions.  >>
> 
> These are two different genera so I would not be surprised that they react 
> differently. There are no universal rules on killifish, 

Lee, you gotta to quit giving me such argumentative statements! ;-)

How about the need to change water?

[Where is Charles when we need him?]


 > especially on sex ratios.

Well, I have to admit that I'm as confused as everyone about that. I 
lean toward pheremone-like materials and temp. as the main reasons. 
Surely genetics is also involved, as Lee points out, for different 
species give widely different results in identical environments.

Wright

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