Article
Demographic and genetic consequences of disturbed sex determination.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 19 Sept 2017
Wedekind Claus
Abstract excerpt
During sex determination, genetic and/or environmental factors determine the cascade of processes of gonad development. Many organisms, therefore, have a developmental window in which their sex determination can be sensitive to, for example, unusual temperatures or chemical pollutants. Disturbed environments can distort population sex ratios and may even cause sex reversal in species with genetic sex...
Topics
- Animals
- Female
- Genotype
- Male
- Models, Genetic
- Population Dynamics
- Population Growth
- Sex Determination Processes
- Sex Ratio
