Sex determination and differentiation are processes by which a bipotential gonad adopts
either a testicular or ovarian cell fate, and secondary sexual characteristics adopt either …

Studies of reptiles have contributed greatly to understanding the impacts of developmental
environments on offspring phenotypes. A major challenge for these studies, however, is …

A major driver of wildlife responses to climate change will include non-genomic effects, like
those mediated through parental behavior and physiology (ie, parental effects). Parental …

Host sex is an important source of heterogeneity in the severity of epidemics. Pinpointing the
mechanisms causing this heterogeneity can be difficult because differences in behaviour …

The environment in which animals develop can have important consequences for their
phenotype. In reptiles, incubation temperature is a critical aspect of the early developmental …

Population sex ratio is a key demographic factor that influences population dynamics and
persistence. Sex ratios can vary across ontogeny from embryogenesis to death and yet the …

Abstract Information on incubation behaviour and influencing factors is important for species
whose incubation is monoparental and of conservation concern. We assessed the …

Early embryo mortality has recently been proven to be a significant component of avian
reproductive failure. Due to the difficulty in distinguishing eggs, which have suffered early …

Habitat loss and pollution are two of the greatest global threats to biodiversity. Due to their
widespread prevalence, these threats often co-occur, yet their interactive effects on …

The current study aimed to evaluate the effects of embryonic thermal manipulation (TM) on
hatching criteria, chick quality, and subsequent growth performance of broiler chickens …