Other Turtle Discussion :: Very interesting...embryonic development

[Hoooneylynn]

I found this article quite interesting, thought you guys might be interested... Temperature during embryonic development may determine gonads, adult aggressive and sexual behavior, and sex steroid levels

http://www.biolreprod.org/cgi/content/full/61/5/1275

[SpotsMama]

That is very interesting. Thanks Jessica. Nature never ceases to amaze.

[Tenodera]

Whoa.

[DavidY]

Yea that is fascinating! There are other herps that are affected by incubation temps too, but I don't remember what they are. It's too bad that there's not an easy way to tell the sex when they're babies though.