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Temperature, Genes, and Sex: a Comparative View of Sex Determination in Trachemys scripta and Mus musculus
1 Jul 2005
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Sex determination, the step at which differentiation of males and females is initiated in the embryo, is of central importance to the propagation of species. There is a remarkable diversity of mechanisms by which sex determination is accomplished. In general these mechanisms fall into two categories: Genetic Sex Determination (GSD), which depends on genetic differences between the sexes, and Environmental Sex...
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