Do temperature fluctuations during incubation always play an important role in shaping the phenotype of hatchling reptiles?

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-199

  Lin, Long Hui ^a   Li, Hong ^a   An, Hong ^a   Ji, Xiang ^a,b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Elapidae; Hatching success; Hatchling phenotype; Incubation length; Incubation temperature; Reptilia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HATCHING; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; NAJA ATRA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEX DETERMINATION; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ELAPIDAE; NAJA ATRA; REPTILIA;

EID: 41049117009     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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