Sex determination in flatfishes: Mechanisms and environmental influences

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 256-263

  Luckenbach, J Adam ^a   Borski, Russell J ^a   Daniels, Harry V ^a   Godwin, John ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Environmental sex determination; Sex differentiation; Temperature dependent sex determination; TSD

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME REGULATION; FLATFISH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; X CHROMATIN;

PARALICHTHYS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 64649088019     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2008.12.002     Document Type: Review

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