someone sent me this and its something I was unaware of
Gender-Bended Lizards. Scientists in Australia found warmer
temperatures caused baby bearded dragon lizards to change from males
to females while still in their eggs, making it harder for them to
find mates. Trippy. [ABC AU]
Gender-Bended Lizards. Scientists in Australia found warmer
temperatures caused baby bearded dragon lizards to change from males
to females while still in their eggs, making it harder for them to
find mates. Trippy. [ABC AU]
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Michael,
Bearded dragons have sex chromosomes, a ZZ/ZW pattern similar to birds and
snakes, but recent work has shown that high incubation temperatures can reverse
genotypic males (that is, embryos possessing ZZ sex chromosomes) into
phenotypic females. Much of the recent sex-determination
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