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  • Published: 15 June 1995

Tuatara sex determination

  • Alison Cree1,
  • Michael B. Thompson 2 &
  • Charles H. Daugherty3 

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand

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  2. Department of Zoology (A08), School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, New South Wales, 2006, Australia

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  3. School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand

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