Temperature-dependent sex determination in vertebrates
By: edited by Nicole Valenzuela and Valentine Lance.
Contributors: Valenzuela, Nicole.; Lance, Valentine.
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Sex (Biology); Vertebrates.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-186) and index.
Table of contents: title: Perspective on sex determination : past and future / James J. Bull; title: Temperature-dependent sex determination in fishes / David O. Conover; title: Turtle sex-determining modes and TSD patterns, and some TSD pattern correlates / Michael A. Ewert, Cory R. Etchberger, and Craig E. Nelson; title: Prevalence of TSD in crocodilians / Denis C. Deeming; title: Temperature-dependent sex determination in lizards / Peter S. Harlow; title: Temperature-dependent sex determination in tuataras / Nicola J. Nelson ... [et al.]; title: Thermal sex reversals in amphibians / Dominique Chardard ... [et al.]; title: General effects of temperature on animal biology / Marshall D. McCue; title: Thermal models of TSD under laboratory and field conditions / Arthur Georges ... [et al.]; title: Phenotypic effects of incubation temperature in reptiles / Turk Rhen and Jeffrey W. Lang; title: The temperature-dependent sex determination drama : same cast, different stars / Allen R. Place and Valentine A. Lance; title: Yolk steroid hormones and their possible roles in TSD Species / Pamela K. Elf; title: Phylogenetics : which was first, TSD or GSD? / Fredric J. Janzen and James G. Krenz; title: Evolution and maintenance of temperature-dependent sex determination / Nicole Valenzuela; title: Implications of temperature-dependent sex determination for population dynamics / Marc Girondot ... [et al.]; title: Conclusions : missing links and future directions / Nicole Valenzuela.