Successfully determining the sex of adult Varanus mertensi (reptilia: varanidae) using a combination of both hemipenile eversion and the ratio of androgens:estradiol in plasma

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1040, Issue , 2005, Pages 402-405

  Mayes, P J ^a   Bradshaw, S D ^b   Bradshaw, F J ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Androgens; Determining sex; Estradiol; Estradiol 17 ; Reptiles; Varanidae; Varanus mertensi

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL;

ADOLESCENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEMIPENILE EVERSION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; SEX DETERMINATION; TECHNIQUE; VARANUS MERTENSI;

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE; VARANUS MERTENSI;

EID: 22144464059     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1327.074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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