Developmental effects on intersexual and intrasexual variation in growth and reproduction in a lizard with temperature-dependent sex determination

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 229-241

  Crews, David ^a   Sakata, Jon ^a   Rhen, Turk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental influences; Eublepharis macularius; Incubation temperature; Neuroendocrine control mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GROWTH; LIZARD; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; GROWTH; LIZARDS; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEXUAL MATURATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032098452     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(98)00012-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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