Constraints on temperature-dependent sex determination in the leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius): Response to Kratochvil et al.

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1137-1142

  Huang, Victoria ^a   Sakata, Jon T ^b   Rhen, Turk ^c   Coomber, Patricia ^d   Simmonds, Sarah ^a   Crews, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Leopard gecko; Maternal effects; Steroid hormones; Temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

INCUBATION; LIZARD; MATERNAL EFFECT; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX HORMONE; STEROID; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE; TEXAS;

EUBLEPHARIDAE; EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS; GEKKONIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 54349126581     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0433-5     Document Type: Article

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