A novel hypothesis for the adaptive maintenance of environmental sex determination in a turtle

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1789, 2014, Pages

  Spencer, R J ^a,b   Janzen, F J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charnov Bull; Chrysemys picta; Metabolism; Overwinter; Temperature dependent sex determination; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FITNESS; INCUBATION; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; OVERWINTERING; PHENOTYPE; REPTILE; SEX DETERMINATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84903977965     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0831     Document Type: Article

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