Support for a rare pattern of temperature-dependent sex determination in archaic reptiles: Evidence from two species of tuatara (Sphenodon)

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mitchell, Nicola J ^a,c   Nelson, Nicola J ^a   Cree, Alison ^b   Pledger, Shirley ^a   Keall, Susan N ^a   Daugherty, Charles H ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA; SPHENODON; SPHENODON GUNTHERI; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS;

EID: 33748351597     PISSN: 17429994     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-3-9     Document Type: Article

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