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111. Wibbels, T., Cowan, J., and LeBoeuf, R.D. Temperature-dependent sex determination
in the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta. J. Exp. Zool. 281, 409–416. 1998.
112. Wibbels, T., Bull, J.J., and Crews, D. Chronology and morphology of temperaturedependent sex determination. J. Exp. Zool. 260, 71–381. 1991.
113. Crews, D. and Bergeron, J.M. Role of reductase and aromatase in sex determination
in the red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta), a turtle with temperature-dependent
sex determination. J. Endocrinol. 148, 279–289. 1994.
114. Wibbels, T. and Crews, D. Putative aromatase inhibitor induces male sex determination in a female unisexual lizard and in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex
determination. J. Endocrinol. 141, 295–299. 1994.
115. Richard-Mercier, N. et al. Endocrine sex reversal of gonads by the aromatase inhibitor
letrozole (CGS 20267) in Emys orbicularis, a turtle with temperature-dependent sex
determination. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 100, 314–326. 1995.
116. Belaid, B. et al. Sex reversal and aromatase in the European pond turtle: treatment
with letrozole after the thermosensitive period for sex determination. J. Exp. Zool.
290, 490–497. 2001.
117. Dorizzi, M. et al. Involvement of estrogens in sexual differentiation of gonads as a
function of temperature in turtles. Differentiation 47, 9–17. 1991.
118. Desvages, G. and Pieau, C. Aromatase activity in gonads of turtle embryos as a
function of the incubation temperature of the egg. J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. 41,
851–853. 1992.
119. Desvages, G., Girondot, M., and Pieau, C. Sensitive stages for the effects of temperature on gonadal aromatase activity in embryos of the marine turtle Dermochelys
coriacea. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 92, 54–61. 1993.
120. Jeyasuria, P. and Place, A. The brain-gonadal embryonic axis in sex determination
of reptile: a role for cytochrome P450 Arom. J. Exp. Zool. 281, 428–449. 1998.
121. Salame-Mendez, A. et al. Response of diencephalons but not the gonad to femalepromoting temperature with elevated estradiol levels in the sea turtle Lepidochelys
olivacea. J. Exp. Zool. 280, 304–313. 1998.
122. White, R.B. and Thomas, P. Whole-body and plasma concentrations of steroids in
the turtle, Trachemys scripta, before, during, and after the temperature-sensitive
period for sex determination. J. Exp. Zool. 264, 159–166. 1992.
123. Willingham, E. et al. Aromatase activity during embryogenesis in the brain and
adrenal-kidney-gonad of the red-eared slider turtle, a species with temperature-dependent sex determination. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 119, 202–207. 2000.
124. Murdock, C. and Wibbels, T. Cloning and expression of aromatase in a turtle with
temperature-dependent sex determination. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. submitted.
125. Smith, C. and Joss, J. Steroidogenic enzyme activity and ovarian differentiation in
the saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus porosus. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 93, 232–245.
1994a.
126. Smith, C. and Joss, J. Uptake of 3H-estradiol by embryonic crocodile gonads during
the period of sexual differentiation. J. Exp. Zool. 270, 219–224. 1994b.
127. Smith, C. et al. Aromatase enzyme activity during gonadal sex differentiation in
alligator embryos. Differentiation 58, 281–290. 1995.
128. Gabriel, W. et al. Alligator aromatase cDNA sequence and its expression in embryos
at male and female incubation temperatures. J. Exp. Zool. 290, 439–448. 2001.
129. Gutierrez-Ospina, G. et al. Acetylcholinesterase-positive innervation is present at
undifferentiated stages of the sea turtle Lepidocehlys olivacea embryo gonads: implications for temperature-dependent sex determination. J. Comp. Neurol. 410, 90–98.
1999.
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111. Wibbels, T., Cowan, J., and LeBoeuf, R.D. Temperature-dependent sex determination
in the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta. J. Exp. Zool. 281, 409–416. 1998.
112. Wibbels, T., Bull, J.J., and Crews, D. Chronology and morphology of temperaturedependent sex determination. J. Exp. Zool. 260, 71–381. 1991.
113. Crews, D. and Bergeron, J.M. Role of reductase and aromatase in sex determination
in the red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta), a turtle with temperature-dependent
sex determination. J. Endocrinol. 148, 279–289. 1994.
114. Wibbels, T. and Crews, D. Putative aromatase inhibitor induces male sex determination in a female unisexual lizard and in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex
determination. J. Endocrinol. 141, 295–299. 1994.
115. Richard-Mercier, N. et al. Endocrine sex reversal of gonads by the aromatase inhibitor
letrozole (CGS 20267) in Emys orbicularis, a turtle with temperature-dependent sex
determination. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 100, 314–326. 1995.
116. Belaid, B. et al. Sex reversal and aromatase in the European pond turtle: treatment
with letrozole after the thermosensitive period for sex determination. J. Exp. Zool.
290, 490–497. 2001.
117. Dorizzi, M. et al. Involvement of estrogens in sexual differentiation of gonads as a
function of temperature in turtles. Differentiation 47, 9–17. 1991.
118. Desvages, G. and Pieau, C. Aromatase activity in gonads of turtle embryos as a
function of the incubation temperature of the egg. J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. 41,
851–853. 1992.
119. Desvages, G., Girondot, M., and Pieau, C. Sensitive stages for the effects of temperature on gonadal aromatase activity in embryos of the marine turtle Dermochelys
coriacea. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 92, 54–61. 1993.
120. Jeyasuria, P. and Place, A. The brain-gonadal embryonic axis in sex determination
of reptile: a role for cytochrome P450 Arom. J. Exp. Zool. 281, 428–449. 1998.
121. Salame-Mendez, A. et al. Response of diencephalons but not the gonad to femalepromoting temperature with elevated estradiol levels in the sea turtle Lepidochelys
olivacea. J. Exp. Zool. 280, 304–313. 1998.
122. White, R.B. and Thomas, P. Whole-body and plasma concentrations of steroids in
the turtle, Trachemys scripta, before, during, and after the temperature-sensitive
period for sex determination. J. Exp. Zool. 264, 159–166. 1992.
123. Willingham, E. et al. Aromatase activity during embryogenesis in the brain and
adrenal-kidney-gonad of the red-eared slider turtle, a species with temperature-dependent sex determination. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 119, 202–207. 2000.
124. Murdock, C. and Wibbels, T. Cloning and expression of aromatase in a turtle with
temperature-dependent sex determination. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. submitted.
125. Smith, C. and Joss, J. Steroidogenic enzyme activity and ovarian differentiation in
the saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus porosus. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 93, 232–245.
1994a.
126. Smith, C. and Joss, J. Uptake of 3H-estradiol by embryonic crocodile gonads during
the period of sexual differentiation. J. Exp. Zool. 270, 219–224. 1994b.
127. Smith, C. et al. Aromatase enzyme activity during gonadal sex differentiation in
alligator embryos. Differentiation 58, 281–290. 1995.
128. Gabriel, W. et al. Alligator aromatase cDNA sequence and its expression in embryos
at male and female incubation temperatures. J. Exp. Zool. 290, 439–448. 2001.
129. Gutierrez-Ospina, G. et al. Acetylcholinesterase-positive innervation is present at
undifferentiated stages of the sea turtle Lepidocehlys olivacea embryo gonads: implications for temperature-dependent sex determination. J. Comp. Neurol. 410, 90–98.
1999.
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