The ends of a continuum: Genetic and temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles

BioEssays

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 639-645

  Sarre, Stephen D ^a   Georges, Artur ^a   Quinn, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPTILE; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPTILES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE;

REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942525284     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20050     Document Type: Review

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