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L’Associazione ETICOSCIENZA rende noto che il 19 Marzo 2019 è stato pubblicato online un lavoro sperimentale sulla rivista scientifica “Archives of Biological Sciences” dal titolo “Influence of environmental colors and long-term sex isolation on zebrafish shoaling behavior“.

La ricerca è stata condotta dai responsabili scientifici dell’Associazione ETICOSCIENZA (Lenzi Christian e Chiara Grasso) in collaborazione con l’Ecotoxicology and Animal Behavior Laboratory dell’Università “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” di Iasi (Nicoara Mircea, Savuca Alexandra, Ciobica Alin, Plavan Gabriel, Strungaru Stefan).

 

 

 

E’ possibile scaricare il PDF completo al seguente link: https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS190118015L

L’articolo sarà pubblicato nel prossimo numero della versione cartacea della rivista scientifica.

 

 

Abstract dello studio: Zebrafish has a complex social behavior and little is known about the role of sexual preference and their environmental social interactions. In this study we investigated the potential influence of environmental colors and shoaling preferences of zebrafish male and female populations, with a focus on visual communication. Males and females were kept for 7 days in gender-isolated tanks, with a specific habitat color for each group: green for males and red for females. After the pre-test period, all the animals were kept separated and 8 noninvasive behavioral tests were conducted in a T-maze, with the application of different visual stimuli. We did not observe any clear influence of environmental coloring on social zebrafish choices. Significant sex-related differences were found in shoaling partner preference (i.e. same sex vs. other sex, one fish vs. three fish) as follows: females showed a tendency to avoid other females and spent more time with males. Male fish did not display a preference between one or three fish stimuli and they shoaled more with another male and less with a potential sexual partner. There was an obvious difference between males and females in responses and selection of shoaling partners.

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