EcologyFunctional EcologyPeer-reviewed
Differential early-life survival underlies the adaptive significance of temperature-dependent sex determination in a long-lived reptile
Samantha L. Bock, Yeraldi Loera, Josiah M. Johnson…·Benjamin B. Parrott
The study tests the survival-to-maturity hypothesis for temperature-dependent sex determination in alligators, finding male-promoting temperatures enhance hatchling survival regardless of sex.
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