The relative effectiveness of estrone, estradiol-17β, and estriol in sex reversal in the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta), a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 317-326

  Crews, David ^a   Cantú, Amador R ^a   Rhen, Turk ^a   Vohra, Rais ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TURTLE;

EID: 0029888063     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0075     Document Type: Article

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