Adaptive variation in environmental and genetic sex determination in a fish.

doi:10.1038/326496a0

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Adaptive variation in environmental and genetic sex determination in a fish.

Nature - 1 Jan 2000

Conover D O, Heins S W

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Two general mechanisms of sex determination have been identified among gonochoristic vertebrates: environmental sex determination where offspring become male or female in response to an environmental factor(s) during development (for example, some fishes and reptiles); and genetic sex determinati...

Topics

Adaptation, Physiological
Animals
Canada
Climate
Female
Fertility
Fishes
Genetic Variation
Male
Seasons
Sex Determination Analysis
Sex Ratio
Temperature
United States

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