A review of sex determining mechanisms in geckos (Gekkota: Squamata)

Sexual Development

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 88-103

  Gamble, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative method; Female heterogamety; Genetic sex determination; Homology; Lizard; Male heterogamety; Reptile; Sex chromosomes; Temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

GEKKONIDAE; GEKKOTA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; LIZARD; MALE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

EID: 77949866504     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000289578     Document Type: Review

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