Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination in Vertebrates

By Nicole Valenzulea

Edited by the world's foremost authorities on the subject, with essays by leading scholars in the field, this work shows how the sex of reptiles and many fish is determined not by the chromosomes they inherit but by the temperature at which incubation takes place.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588342034
• ISBN13: 9781588342034
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.7" x 11.3"