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Climate-change is turning male dragon lizards into females
2015-07-04 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A climate-induced change of male dragons into females occurring in the wild has been confirmed for the first time, according to University of Canberra research recently published on the cover of international journal Nature. The researchers, who have long studied Australia's bearded dragon lizards, have been able to show that a reptile's sex determination process can switch rapidly from one determined by chromosomes to one determined by temperature. Lead author Dr Clare Holleley, a postdoctoral...
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