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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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BioMed Central
2006
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1559618/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16808840 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-3-9 |