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. 2022 Jan;337(1):99-102.
doi: 10.1002/jez.2543. Epub 2021 Sep 27.

Unfinished business

David Crews  1
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Unfinished business

David Crews. J Exp Zool A Ecol Integr Physiol. 2022 Jan.

Abstract

At the time of my retirement there were two topics that I considered unfinished business. The first is the Evolution of Sex Differences and the second, the she-male controversy in the Canadian red-sided snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis). These questions are developed in this perspective.

Keywords: evolution; red-sided garter snake; she-male; steroid hormone receptors.

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