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Temperature‐dependent sex determination: A mechanistic approach
1994-09-15
Abstract excerpt
Abstract A variety of sex determination systems exists in reptiles, including temperature‐dependent sex determination (TSD). While the precise physiological basis of TSD is unknown, numerous past studies have provided a general characterization of this phenomenon. The period of thermosensitivity encompasses the middle one third to one half of embryonic development. It has been shown that in several species of rept...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e044ee14-13aa-5875-98ba-8354335f4b28
- DOI
- 10.1002/jez.1402700108
