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pivotal temperature: a standalone construct

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Herpetology

the constant incubation temperature that yields equal numbers of male and female hatchlings in species with temperature-dependent sex.

In herpetology, pivotal temperature refers to the constant incubation temperature that yields equal numbers of male and female hatchlings in species with temperature-dependent sex. This meaning comes from Yntema (1982) in Canadian Journal of Zoology.[1]

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References

Yntema, C. L., & Mrosovsky, N. (1982). Critical periods and pivotal temperatures for sexual differentiation in loggerhead sea turtles. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 60(5), 1012-1016. https://doi.org/10.1139/z82-141

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