Yolk steroid hormones and sex determination in reptiles with TSD

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 349-355

  Elf, P K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLIGATOR; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; DYNAMICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENDER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GONAD; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHESIS; INCUBATION TIME; MODULATION; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPTILE; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES; STRESS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TESTIS; TURTLE; UPREGULATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA;

EID: 0038718995     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00098-4     Document Type: Review

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