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Old 10-15-2015, 12:00 PM   #1
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Sex and sea turtles: New study reveals impact of climate change, sea level rise

Because sea turtles don’t have an X or Y chromosome, their sex is defined during development by the incubation environment. Warmer conditions produce females and cooler conditions produce males. The shift in climate is shifting turtles as well, because as the temperature of their nests change so do their reproduction patterns.



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