Support for a rare pattern of temperature-dependent sex determination in archaic reptiles: evidence from two species of tuatara (Sphenodon)

BACKGROUND: The sex of many reptiles is determined by the temperature an embryo experiences during its development. Three patterns of temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) have been defined, but one pattern where only males are produced above an upper temperature threshold (Type IB) is contr...

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Main Authors: Mitchell, Nicola J, Nelson, Nicola J, Cree, Alison, Pledger, Shirley, Keall, Susan N, Daugherty, Charles H
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: BioMed Central 2006
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Research
Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1559618/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16808840
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-3-9
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