Sex determination systems in reptiles are related to ambient temperature but not to the level of climatic fluctuation

Sex determination systems in reptiles are related to ambient temperature but not to the level of climatic fluctuation

Abstract Background Vertebrates exhibit diverse sex determination systems and reptiles stand out by having highly variable sex determinations that include temperature-dependent and genotypic sex determination (TSD and GSD, respectively). Theory predicts that populations living in either highly varia...

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Main Authors: Paola Cornejo-Páramo, Andrés Lira-Noriega, Ciro Ramírez-Suástegui, Fausto R. Méndez-de-la-Cruz, Tamás Székely, Araxi O. Urrutia, Diego Cortez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Reptiles
Sex determination systems
Temperature-dependent sex determination
Genotypic sex determination
Climate fluctuation
Ambient temperature
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-020-01671-y

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