Prenatal Sex Ratios Influence Sexual Dimorphism in a Reptile

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-187

  Uller, Tobias ^a   Olsson, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; LACERTA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; OVUM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0038576233     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.10220     Document Type: Article

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