Sexual development and the evolution of sex determination

Sexual Development

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 64-72

  Valenzuela, N ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Gonads; GSD; Heterochrony; Reptiles; Sex ratio; TSD; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STRICT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; STRICT GENETIC CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE;

REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 46149097901     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000129691     Document Type: Review

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