Ecotasia's video: How Clownfish Change Sex learning biology

So you might have heard clownfish start as males, then becomes a female, which depending on the species is able to produce eggs within 26 days to several months, However, the biology is a bit more complex. Actually, young clownfish start out on track to become females, developing all the tissue required to produce eggs, then as they grow develop male reproductive organs, which displace the earlier female reproductive tissue, until the signal to become the dominant breeding female hits, which is still debated what that signal is, and the female tissue begins to grow and absorbs the deteriorating male organs. For clownfish producing the smaller gametes is just a phase of their lifecycle controlled ultimately by something like the cyp19a1a gene which leads to the biosynthesis of estrogens Sources Casas, L., Parker, C. G., & Rhodes, J. S. (2023). 12 Sex Change from Male to Female Active Feminization of the Brain, Behavior, and Gonads in Anemonefish. Evolution, development and ecology of anemonefishes: Model organisms for marine science. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. https://rhodeslab.beckman.illinois.edu/files/2022/10/sex-change-chapter.pdf I try to achieve the most well researched content I can, that said it is impossible to create content that is exhaustive on a given topic and therefore I implore you to investigate a given topic further. Welcome to Ecotasia! On this channel you can find wildlife footage and short documentaries on the natural world. I am an early career biologist who was inspired by the likes of the BBC Natural History unit, PBS, and Animal Planet as a child and then more recently by various nature YouTube channels to share my love for animals and nature. My goal is to document and highlight the interesting ecology and behavior of organisms I encounter, as well as cover and elucidate conservation and biological topics. Please Subscribe so you can join me to marvel and to learn twice a month. Underwater Worlds https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYx5OP7sbAZAJNusnxcNoHUx_sNDYT92k Journey through the Undergrowth (Macro footage of insects and Arachnids) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYx5OP7sbAZC-4h2hpK09I-FF563TQzlc Bird Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZqNM9k7OoY&list=PLYx5OP7sbAZACa11LD1wDQhn0SI2-SV1f Birding Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYx5OP7sbAZAYjq78IuGJI4wc0GXDRHTd Conservation Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYx5OP7sbAZAIUm5UCl84q2KU2nI3YLpx