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SEX DETERMINING TEMPERATURES IN TURTLES: A GEOGRAPHIC COMPARISON
J. J. Bull,
R. C. Vogt,
C. J. McCoy,
J. J. Bull
Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706
Search for more papers by this authorR. C. Vogt
Section of Amphibians and Reptiles, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213
Present address: Estación Biología Tropical “Los Tuxtlas,” U.N.A.M., Apartado Postal 94, San Andres Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico.Search for more papers by this authorC. J. McCoy
Section of Amphibians and Reptiles, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213
Search for more papers by this authorJ. J. Bull,
R. C. Vogt,
C. J. McCoy,
J. J. Bull
Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706
Search for more papers by this authorR. C. Vogt
Section of Amphibians and Reptiles, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213
Present address: Estación Biología Tropical “Los Tuxtlas,” U.N.A.M., Apartado Postal 94, San Andres Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico.Search for more papers by this authorC. J. McCoy
Section of Amphibians and Reptiles, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Editor: S. J. Arnold
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