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6 years ago
What effect might global climate change have on the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), a cold-climate lepidosaur with temperature-dependent sex determination?
 
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6 years ago
That is an excellent question. It has been addressed by Ray Huey and Fred Janzen in their very readable commentary on a paper by Nicxola Mitchell and her colleagues. Both publications are available online.
Huey, R. B., and F. J. Janzen. 2008 . Climate warming and environmental sex determination in tuatara: The last of the Sphenodontians? Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275:2181-2183
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Mitchell, N. J., et al. 2008 . Predicting the fate of a living fossil: How will global warming affect sex determination and hatching phenology in tuatara? Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275:21852193 .
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