Triggers and biological processes controlling male or female gonadal differentiation vary in
vertebrates, with sex determination (SD) governed by environmental factors or simple to …

Sex chromosomes are a great example of a convergent evolution at the genomic level,
having evolved dozens of times just within amniotes. An intriguing question is whether this …

Rising global temperatures threaten to disrupt population sex ratios, which can in turn cause
mate shortages, reduce population growth and adaptive potential, and increase extinction …

Simple Summary As a group of organisms, non-avian reptiles, most of which are the~
11,000 species of lizards and snakes, are an extraordinarily diverse group, displaying a …

Global warming could threaten over 400 species with temperature‐dependent sex
determination (TSD) worldwide, including all species of sea turtle. During embryonic …

Over the past two decades, there has been an astounding growth in the documentation of
vertebrate facultative parthenogenesis (FP). This unusual reproductive mode has been …

Aspects of global change result in warming temperatures that threaten biodiversity across
the planet. Eggs of non‐avian, oviparous reptiles (henceforth “reptiles”) are particularly …

Frequent independent origins of environmental sex determination (ESD) are assumed within
amniotes. However, the phylogenetic distribution of sex‐determining modes suggests that …

Species displaying temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) are especially
vulnerable to the effects of a rapidly changing global climate due to their profound sensitivity …

A population under neutral drift is expected to accumulate genetic substitutions at a fixed"
molecular clock" rate over time. If the population is well-mixed, a classic result equates the …