Offspring sex in a TSD gecko correlates with an interaction between incubation temperature and yolk steroid hormones

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 999-1006

  Ding, Guo Hua ^a,b   Yang, Jing ^a   Wang, Jin ^a   Ji, Xiang ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LISHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Egg size; Gekko japonicas; Incubation temperature; Maternal effects; Sex determination; Yolk steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE; INCUBATION; LIZARD; MATERNAL EFFECT; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SIBLING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HORMONES; LIZARDS; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE; TESTOSTERONE;

GEKKO; GEKKO JAPONICUS; GEKKONIDAE;

EID: 84871521087     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0981-6     Document Type: Article

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