Interactions among thermal parameters determine offspring sex under temperature-dependent sex determination

Interactions among thermal parameters determine offspring sex under temperature-dependent sex determination.

In many animals, temperatures experienced by developing embryos determine offspring sex (e.g. temperature-dependent sex determination, TSD), but most studies focus strictly on the effects of mean temperature, with little emphasis on the importance of thermal fluctuations. In the jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus), an Australian lizard with TSD, data from nests in the field demonstrate that o...

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The sex of a reptile [6] embryo partly results from the production of sex hormones [7] during development, and one such process to produce those hormones [8] depends on temperature of the embryo's environment. The production of sex hormones [7] can result solely from genetics or from genetics in combination with the influence of environmental factors. In genotypic sex determination [9], also ca...

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Interactions among thermal parameters determine offspring sex under temperature-dependent sex determination

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