Evolution of "determinants" in sex-determination: A novel hypothesis for the origin of environmental contingencies in avian sex-bias

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 304-312

  Uller, Tobias ^a,b   Badyaev, Alexander V ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive sex bias; Avian meiosis; Epigenetic effects; Hormones; Maternal effects; Segregation distortion

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOWL; HOMEOSTASIS; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PROGENY; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

AVES;

EID: 63849083596     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2008.11.013     Document Type: Review

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