Sex-based hatching asynchrony in an oviparous lizard (Bassiana duperreyi, Scincidae)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 502-508

  Radder, Rajkumar S ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embryogenesis; Incubation; Life history; Reproduction; Sex reversal

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; HATCHING DATE; INCUBATION; LIFE HISTORY; LIZARD; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX REVERSAL; TURTLE;

AVES; BASSIANA DUPERREYI; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34250732242     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01722.x     Document Type: Article

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