## Abstract Some previous studies indicate that the local hydric environment may influence sex determination in turtles with temperature‐dependent sex determination. In this study, the effect of a daily application of 0.77 mL of ddH~2~0 per egg using an incubation temperature of 29.1°C was examined
The effect of temperature on sex ratio in the isopod Porcellionides pruinosus: Environmental sex determination or a by-product of cytoplasmic sex determination?
✍ Scribed by THIERRY Rigaud; DELPHINE Antoine; ISABELLE Marcade´; PIERRE Juchault
- Book ID
- 110369997
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 169 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0269-7653
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