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Sex steroid profiles align with phenotype in sex-reversed female lizards.
General and comparative endocrinology - 1 Jun 2025
Laven Naomi E, Pearson Phillip R, Wild Kristoffer H, Noble Daniel W A, Crino Ondi L
Abstract excerpt
Vertebrate sex determination is remarkably diverse. In species with genetic sex determination, reproductive physiology and sex-specific behaviour are influenced by sex chromosomes and sex steroid hormones. However, some species experience sex reversal where the influence of sex chromosomes on sexual development is modulated by mutations or environmental conditions, leading to animals that phenotypically mismatch...
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