J P Bogart1, R P Elinson, L E Licht

  • 1Department of Zoology, College of Biological Science, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|November 24, 1989
PubMed
まとめ

温度が女性のみのハイブリッドサラマンダの繁殖に影響する. 低温は女性生殖を促進し,高温は性繁殖を促進し,これらのユニークな動物における多様な生殖戦略を説明します.

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