TURK RHEN(See A.L. Schroeder et al., “A novel candidate gene for temperature-dependent sex determination in the common snapping turtle,” Genetics, 2016.)
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A snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) hatches from its egg. Researchers have discovered a gene that determines a hatchling's sex based on egg temperature.
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