Temperature-Dependent sex determination and contemporary climate change

Sexual Development

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 129-140

  Mitchell, N J ^a   Janzen, F J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Conservation; Extinction; Heritability; Reptile; Sex determination; Temperature; TSD

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

EID: 77949873879     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000282494     Document Type: Article

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