Thermosensitive period for sex determination in the Tuatara

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 324-329

  Nelson, Nicola J ^a   Moore, Jennifer A ^a   Pillai, Sushila ^a   Keall, Susan N ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Reptile; Sphenodon; Temperature dependent sex determination; Thermosensitive period; TSD; Tuatara

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA; SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS;

EID: 77958479664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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