Gonadal expression of Sf1 and aromatase during sex determination in the red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta), a reptile with temperature- dependent sex determination

Differentiation

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 978-991

  Ramsey, Mary ^a   Shoemaker, Christina ^a   Crews, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Differentiation; Ovary; Reptile; Sf1; Steroidogenesis; Temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPTILE; SEX DETERMINATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TURTLE;

REPTILIA; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547743867     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2007.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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