Heritable variation for sex ratio under environmental sex determination in the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina).

doi:10.1093/genetics/131.1.155

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Heritable variation for sex ratio under environmental sex determination in the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina).

Genetics - 1 May 1992

Janzen F J

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The magnitude of quantitative genetic variation for primary sex ratio was measured in families extracted from a natural population of the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina), which possesses temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD). Eggs were incubated at three temperatures that pro...

Topics

Animals
Environment
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Sex Determination Analysis
Sex Ratio
Temperature
Turtles

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