Incubation environment affects immune system envelopment in a turtle with environmental sex determination

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 536-541

  Freedberg, Steven ^a,b   Greives, Timothy J ^a   Ewert, Michael A ^a   Demas, Gregory E ^a   Beecher, Nancy ^a   Nelson, Craig E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GRAPTEMYS; GRAPTEMYS OUACHITENSIS; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 51949086946     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/07-133.1     Document Type: Article

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