Hot male: Can sex in humans be modified by temperature?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-72

  McLachlan, John C ^a   Storey, Helen ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Determination; Human; Sex; Temperature; Testicle

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037466506     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00014-6     Document Type: Article

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