Novel evolutionary pathways of sex-determining mechanisms

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2544-2557

  Schwanz, L E ^a   Ezaz, T ^a   Gruber, B ^a   Georges, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Charnov Bull; Environmental sex determination; Fish; Genotypic sex determination; Reptiles; Sex determining modes; Temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FISH; FITNESS; GENOTYPE; REPTILE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX REVERSAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHARNOV-BULL; ENVIRONMENTAL SEX DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FISH; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPIC SEX DETERMINATION; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REPTILE; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SEX-DETERMINING MODES; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SEX DETERMINATION;

AMPHIBIANS; CHARNOV-BULL; ENVIRONMENTAL SEX DETERMINATION; FISH; GENOTYPIC SEX DETERMINATION; REPTILES; SEX-DETERMINING MODES; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84888042513     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12258     Document Type: Article

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