Molecular mechanisms underlying steroid hormone action during sex determination in the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans
Many reptiles, including the red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans), exhibit temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD). Temperature determines sex during a temperature sensitive period (TSP), when gonadal sex is labile to both temperature and hormones -- particularly estrogen. Estro...
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/3148 |