Endogenous yolk steroid hormones in turtles with different sex-determining mechanisms.

doi:10.1006/gcen.1998.7115

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Endogenous yolk steroid hormones in turtles with different sex-determining mechanisms.

General and comparative endocrinology - 1 Sept 1998

Janzen F J, Wilson M E, Tucker J K, Ford S P

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Maternal transfer of nutrients, including steroid hormones, to embryos during gestation in viviparous amniotes is well known, but the concordant process in oviparous amniotes is poorly understood. Recent evidence suggests that steroid hormones are present in freshly laid eggs of archosaurs and th...

Topics

Animals
Egg Yolk
Estradiol
Female
Genotype
Invertebrate Hormones
Male
Sex Determination Processes
Species Specificity
Testosterone
Turtles

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