Parrotfish Changes Its Gender From Female to Male

Parrotfish has an ability to spontaneously change its gender from female to male.

Parrotfishes are a group of fishes that traditionally has been considered a family (Scaridae), but now often are considered a subfamily (Scarinae) of the wrasses.They are basically found in relatively shallow tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world, but with the largest species richness in…

Non-invasive test for early detection of fetal gender

A new research study published in the January 2012 edition of The FASEB Journal(http://www.fasebj.org) describes findings that could lead to a non-invasive test that would let expecting mothers know the sex of their baby as early as the first trimester. Specifically, researchers from South Korea discovered that various ratios of two enzymes (DYS14/GAPDH), which can…

India has worst child mortality gender differential worldwide, new U.N. data show

An Indian girl between the ages of one and five years old is 75 percent more likely to die than an Indian boy, giving the country the worst gender differential in child mortality in the world, according to new data released by the U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the Times of India reports. The…