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Disentangling genetic vs. environmental causes of sex determination in the common frog, Rana temporaria.
BMC genetics - 8 Jan 2008
Matsuba Chikako, Miura Ikuo, Merilä Juha
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BACKGROUND: Understanding of sex ratio dynamics in a given species requires understanding its sex determination system, as well as access for reliable tools for sex identification at different life stages. As in the case of many other amphibians, the common frogs (Rana temporaria) do not have well differentiated sex chromosomes, and an identification of individuals' genetic sex may be complicated by sex...
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