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environmental sex determination: a standalone construct

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Developmental biology

sex fixed by conditions the embryo or juvenile experiences rather than by genotype, predicted where environment affects male and female fitness differently.

In developmental biology, environmental sex determination refers to sex fixed by conditions the embryo or juvenile experiences rather than by genotype, predicted where environment affects male and female fitness differently. This meaning comes from Charnov (1977) in Nature.[1]

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determination1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructenvironment1 fields · 2 citationsanchor · a standalone constructfitness4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

  1. Charnov, E. L., & Bull, J. (1977). When is sex environmentally determined? Nature, 266(5605), 828-830. https://doi.org/10.1038/266828a0

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