Sex reversal triggers the rapid transition fromgenetic to temperature-dependent sex

Nature

Volumn 523, Issue 7558, 2015, Pages 79-82

  Holleley, Clare E ^a   O'Meally, Denis ^a   Sarre, Stephen D ^a   Marshall Graves, Jennifer A ^a,b   Ezaz, Tariq ^a   Matsubara, Kazumi ^a,c   Azad, Bhumika ^a,d   Zhang, Xiuwen ^a   Georges, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX REVERSAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERTEBRATE;

ADAPTATION; AMNIOTE; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CLIMATE; DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MATING; NONHUMAN; POGONA; POGONA VITTICEPS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SEX RATIO;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; POGONA VITTICEPS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPTILES; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84937528549     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14574     Document Type: Article

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