Article
Sex determination: the amphibian models.
Reproduction, nutrition, development - 1 Jan 2000
Eggert Christophe
Abstract excerpt
We review and discuss current knowledge about sex determination in amphibians. The astonishing wide variety of mechanisms of genotypic sex determination is presented and discussed in an evolutionary context. We recall the natural occurrence of transitory juvenile hermaphroditism in some species. Our present knowledge of the mechanisms of sex determination in amphibians is compared to that in mammals. The...
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