Embryonic origin of mate choice in a lizard with temperature-dependent sex determination

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-38

  Putz, Oliver ^a   Crews, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic environmental imprinting; Leopard gecko; Male choice; Mate choice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; DECISION MAKING; EGG; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENT; EVALUATION; GENDER AND SEX; LIZARD; MAZE TEST; NEWBORN; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; VISION;

ANIMALIA; EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS; GEKKONIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EGGS; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33745775288     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20109     Document Type: Article

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