Environmental Warming and Feminization of One of the Largest Sea Turtle Populations in the World

Climate change affects species and ecosystems around the globe [1]. The impacts of rising temperature are particularly pertinent in species with temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD), where the sex of an individual is determined by incubation temperature during embryonic development [2]. In...

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Published in:	Current biology Vol. 28; no. 1; p. 154
Main Authors:	Jensen, Michael P, Allen, Camryn D, Eguchi, Tomoharu, Bell, Ian P, LaCasella, Erin L, Hilton, William A, Hof, Christine A M, Dutton, Peter H
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 08.01.2018
Subjects:	Animals Climate Change Hot Temperature - adverse effects Male Nesting Behavior Queensland Sex Determination Processes Sex Ratio Turtles - physiology Queensland genetics TSD mtDNA temperature-dependent sex determination Chelonia mydas mixed-stock analysis ELISA Great Barrier Reef climate change
ISSN:	1879-0445, 1879-0445
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