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SUBMITTER: Cunningham GD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5454248 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biology letters 20170501 5
The extent to which key biological processes, such as sex determination, respond to environmental fluctuations is fundamental for assessing species' susceptibility to ongoing climate change. Few studies, however, address how climate affects offspring sex in the wild. We monitored two climatically distinct populations of the viviparous skink <i>Niveoscincus ocellatus</i> for 16 years, recording environmental temperatures, offspring sex and date of birth. We found strong population-specific effect ...[more]