Mode and tempo in environmental sex determination in vertebrates

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-255

  Crews, David ^a   Bull, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 64649106678     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.02.004     Document Type: Editorial

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