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Temperature along an elevation gradient determines Galapagos tortoise sex ratios

Climate change threatens endemic island ectothermic reptiles that display small population sizes and temperature‐dependent sex determination (TSD). Studies of captive Galapagos tortoises demonstrate type A TSD with warmer incubation temperatures producing females. However, there are few published da...

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Autores principales: Deem, Sharon L., Rivera, Sam, Nieto‐Claudin, Ainoa, Emmel, Evan, Cabrera, Freddy, Blake, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10116026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37091568
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10008