Temperature‐dependent sex determination in reptiles: Proximate mechanisms, ultimate outcomes, and practical applications

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 297-312

  Crews, David ^a   Bergeron, Judith M ^a   Bull, James J ^a   Flores, Deborah ^a   Tousignant, Alan ^a   Skipper, James K ^a   Wibbels, Thane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

androgen; aromatase; behavior; estrogen; reductase; reptiles; Sex determination; sexual differentiation; steroid hormone receptors; steroidogenic enzymes; temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

STEROID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMAL; AROMATASE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REPTILES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TEMPERATURE; TURTLES;

EID: 0028198832     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: 15206408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.1020150310     Document Type: Article

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