Dynamics of yolk steroid hormones during development in a reptile with temperature-dependent sex determination

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-39

  Elf, P K ^a,b   Lang, J W ^a   Fivizzani, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Sex determination; Testosterone; Turtles; Yolk

Indexed keywords

STEROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; INCUBATION TIME; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

EID: 0036386872     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00018-7     Document Type: Article

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