Are reptiles predisposed to temperature- dependent sex determination?

Sexual Development

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 7-15

  Georges, A ^a   Ezaz, T ^a   Quinn, A E ^a   Sarre, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buffering; Canalization; Developmental stability; Genetic capacitance; Phenotypic plasticity; Thermolability; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REPTILES; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 77949875334     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000279441     Document Type: Article

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