Temperature sex determination in reptiles: The third strategy

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 245-252

  Merchant Larios, Horacio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Sex chromosomes; Sex determination; SOX9; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949096920     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.47.245     Document Type: Article

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