Transgenerational sex determination: The embryonic environment experienced by a male affects offspring sex ratio

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Warner, Daniel A ^a,b   Uller, Tobias ^c   Shine, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; SEASONS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84884619672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02709     Document Type: Article

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