The temperature-sensitive period is the time during development at which sex determination occurs in temperature-dependent sex determination vertebrates, such as in caimans. The interplay among temperature and steroid hormones is also known, and that stress hormones (corticosterone) can influence sex ratios in some reptiles. To explore this, we measured the levels of corticosterone in Caiman latirostris, to determine if the incubation temperature affects plasma corticosterone levels. Caiman eggs, taken from wild nests just after laying, were incubated at different temperatures (31, 33 and 34°C) until hatching. Plasmatic corticosterone was determined by radioimmunoassay in embryos, after the temperature-sensitive period and in hatchlings. We...
Background: Crocodilians are ectothermic animals. For this reason, the environmental temperature has...
In the wild, vertebrates face numerous unpredictable and harmful stressors such as storms, fires, ea...
Thirty-two eggs of Pantanal caiman (Caiman crocodilus yacare) (Daudin, 1802) were incubated at 30° C...
In some reptiles, gonadal outcome is regulated by temperature during a critical period of the embryo...
Temperature is crucial for reptiles, also during embryonic development, particularly for species wit...
Temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) occurs in all three families of the Crocodylia. This s...
Although there is much information available about reproduction in Caiman latirostris, knowledge rel...
Caiman latirostris is a species with temperature dependent sex determination (TSD), which implies th...
The broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) is a crocodilian species that inhabits South American ...
Os objetivos do presente estudo foram o de descrever o padrão de determinação sexual pela temperatur...
Caiman latirostris is one of the reptilian species that exhibits temperature-dependent sex determina...
The effect of stress in wild vertebrates has been little investigated, especially in crocodilians. I...
Background: Crocodilians are ectothermic animals. For this reason, the environmental temperature has...
Effects of incubation and rearing temperatures on Caiman latirostris growth. Zoological Studies 49(3...
Captive crocodilians reduce their intake of food during cold periods, even when kept under controlle...
Background: Crocodilians are ectothermic animals. For this reason, the environmental temperature has...
In the wild, vertebrates face numerous unpredictable and harmful stressors such as storms, fires, ea...
Thirty-two eggs of Pantanal caiman (Caiman crocodilus yacare) (Daudin, 1802) were incubated at 30° C...
In some reptiles, gonadal outcome is regulated by temperature during a critical period of the embryo...
Temperature is crucial for reptiles, also during embryonic development, particularly for species wit...
Temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) occurs in all three families of the Crocodylia. This s...
Although there is much information available about reproduction in Caiman latirostris, knowledge rel...
Caiman latirostris is a species with temperature dependent sex determination (TSD), which implies th...
The broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) is a crocodilian species that inhabits South American ...
Os objetivos do presente estudo foram o de descrever o padrão de determinação sexual pela temperatur...
Caiman latirostris is one of the reptilian species that exhibits temperature-dependent sex determina...
The effect of stress in wild vertebrates has been little investigated, especially in crocodilians. I...
Background: Crocodilians are ectothermic animals. For this reason, the environmental temperature has...
Effects of incubation and rearing temperatures on Caiman latirostris growth. Zoological Studies 49(3...
Captive crocodilians reduce their intake of food during cold periods, even when kept under controlle...
Background: Crocodilians are ectothermic animals. For this reason, the environmental temperature has...
In the wild, vertebrates face numerous unpredictable and harmful stressors such as storms, fires, ea...
Thirty-two eggs of Pantanal caiman (Caiman crocodilus yacare) (Daudin, 1802) were incubated at 30° C...