This article on the BBC website speaks on how some species of reptile, the gender of whose offspring is determined by incubation temperature, are threatened by the effects of the changing world:
Some species of turtle, the gender of whose offspring is determined by incubation temperature, could well go extinct due to climate change.
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Temperature of egg incubation decides gender in some reptile species, such as alligators and some turtles.
Australian researchers found that in populations where more females are produced, male dispersal is vital.
Species unable to disperse could become extinct from some areas, suggested the research reported in BMC Ecology.
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