The adaptive significance of temperature-dependent sex determination in a reptile
The adaptive significance of temperature-dependent sex determination in a reptile
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Sex determined by degrees
In mammals and birds, sex is determined by genotype, at fertilization. But many reptiles, hedge their bets, determining the sex of an individual by interaction with the environment, typically temperature. Thirty years ago, Eric Charnov and James Bull (
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, 828–830; 1977) speculated that environmental s...
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The adaptive significance of temperature-dependent sex determination in a reptile
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10.1038/nature06519
