Does gestational temperature or prenatal sex ratio influence development of sexual dimorphism in a viviparous skink?

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 315 A, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 215-221

  Hare, Kelly M ^a   Yeong, Charlene ^a   Cree, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIZARD; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HORMONES; LIZARDS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

MAMMALIA; OLIGOSOMA MACCANNI; REPTILIA;

EID: 79953189390     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.667     Document Type: Article

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