Amphibian sex determination and sex reversal

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 901-909

  Wallace, H ^a   Badawy, G M I ^a   Wallace, B M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Sex determination; Sex hormone; Sex reversal; Temperature dependence; Triturus cristatus

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; MALE; NEWT; NONHUMAN; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0033016910     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050343     Document Type: Article

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