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Segregating variation for temperature-dependent sex determination in a lizard.
Heredity - 1 Apr 2011
Rhen T, Schroeder A, Sakata J T, Huang V, Crews D
Abstract excerpt
Temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) was first reported in 1966 in an African lizard. It has since been shown that TSD occurs in some fish, several lizards, tuataras, numerous turtles and all crocodilians. Extreme temperatures can also cause sex reversal in several amphibians and lizards with genotypic sex determination. Research in TSD species indicates that estrogen signaling is important for ovary...
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