Long-term sex reversal by oestradiol in amniotes with heteromorphic sex chromosomes

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 378-381

  Freedberg, Steven ^a,b   Bowden, Rachel M ^a   Ewert, Michael A ^a   Sengelaub, Dale R ^a   Nelson, Craig E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Oestradiol; Sex chromosomes; Sex determination; Staurotypus; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

BIRD; CHROMOSOME; EMBRYO; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HORMONE; MAMMAL; REPTILE; SEX REVERSAL; VERTEBRATE;

AMNION CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TURTLE;

AMNIOTA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; STAUROTYPUS; STAUROTYPUS SALVINII; STAUROTYPUS TRIPORCATUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33748636458     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0454     Document Type: Article

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