Vertebrate sex-determining genes and their potential utility in conservation, with particular emphasis on fishes

Molecular Approaches in Natural Resource Conservation and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 74-100

  DeWoody, J Andrew ^a   Hale, Matthew C ^b   Avise, John C ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511777592.005     Document Type: Chapter

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