Can Female Platy Fish Keep Having Babies After Male Dies in the USA

Can platy have babies without a male? Platies can’t breed without a male. They have to have contact at least once in order for the female to get pregnant. Scientists have been studying the sperm-storing ability among fish particularly on another live bearer that hoards sperm: the Guppy. How often can platy fish have babies?…

Can Fish Be Inbred in the USA

Even when fish are raised for food, the inbreeding produced by small populations can cause problems. If unwanted inbreeding occurs, it can reach levels that cause growth rate or other production phenotypes to decrease. Can you inbreed fish? Embryo viability was significantly reduced in inbred exposed fish and there was a tendency for inbred males…