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Ewert, M. A., Hatcher, R. E., & Goode, M. J. (2004). Sex determination and ontogeny in malacochersus tornieri, the pancake tortoise. Journal of Herpetology, 38(2), 291–295.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Ewert2004 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Malacochersus, Malacochersus tornieri, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Testudinidae, Zeitigung = incubation Creators: Ewert, Goode, Hatcher Collection: Journal of Herpetology |
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Testudinidae We document temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) in the Pancake Tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri). The nesting season is biased toward a fall–winter pattern and the embryos have a postovipositional developmental arrest. Males initially grow faster than females, but females are the larger sex. The species does not readily conform to a hypothesis that TSD is adaptively maintained through a direct association of juvenile growth with adult sexual size dimorphism.
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Zusammenfassung in Schildkröten im Fokus 1 (4) 2004
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