Temperature variation and sex determination in reptiles

BioEssays

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-26

  Pieau, Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

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EID: 0030044735     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950180107     Document Type: Article

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