Lymphoid Aggregates in Gonads of Embryos, Hatchlings, and Young of Turtles with Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 160-168

  Belaïd, Baya ^a   Cong, Han Nguyen ^a   Devilliers, Ginette ^a   Richard Mercier, Noelle ^b   Pieau, Claude ^a   Dorizzi, Mireille ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; EMYS; EMYS ORBICULARIS; TESTUDINES; TESTUDO; TESTUDO GRAECA;

EID: 1042268243     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.20016     Document Type: Article

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