Temperature-dependent sex determination in fish revisited: Prevalence, a single sex ratio response pattern, and possible effects of climate change

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Ospina Álvarez, Natalia ^a,b   Piferrer, Francesc ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; FRESHWATER FISH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPIC DEPENDENT SEX DETERMINATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MALE; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT SEX DETERMINATION; WILD SPECIES; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GENDER AND SEX; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FISHES; GENOTYPE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX FACTORS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 50949124625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002837     Document Type: Article

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