• DOI:10.1111/J.1365-2435.2007.01349.X
Corpus ID: 22610200

A mechanistic model of temperature-dependent sex determination in a chelonian: the European pond turtle

@article{Delmas2007AMM,
  title={A mechanistic model of temperature-dependent sex determination in a chelonian: the European pond turtle},
  author={Virginie Delmas and Anne-Caroline Pr{\'e}vot-Julliard and C. Pieau and M. Girondot},
  journal={Functional Ecology},
  year={2007},
  volume={22},
  pages={84-93}
}

Virginie Delmas, Anne-Caroline Prévot-Julliard, +1 author M. Girondot

Published 2007

Biology

Functional Ecology

Summary 1. In temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) species, offspring sex-ratio is dependent on the environmental temperature. For oviparous sauropsid species, temperature within the nest influences gonadal sexual differentiation during a small window of embryogenesis called the thermosensitive period (TSP). 2. The absence of sexual dimorphic characteristic in juveniles of TSD species coupled with the lack of a non-invasive method to determine sex is a great obstacle to studies… CONTINUE READING

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