Science news articles about 'egg size'

... The study shows that for at least one lizard species, egg size matters. "We were astonished," said Richard Shine ... you inject a bit of extra yolk, the egg will produce a girl, even if it has male sex ...

... turn out to be male or female is a more complicated question than scientists would have ever guessed, according to a new report. The study shows that for at least one lizard species, egg size matters.

SYDNEY, June 9 (UPI) -- Australian scientists have discovered that for at least one lizard species, whether baby lizards are male or female depends upon the size of the egg.

... environment. Friedland and colleagues suggest a new paradigm, that the condition of parents affects egg size and fertilization success through the most difficult growth-mortality period early in the ...

... been used by scientists to estimate or evaluate a variety of parameters, including brain size and egg size. The problem occurs as a result of transforming the data, which changes the properties of the ...

While comedian Tommy Smothers always told his brother, "Mom always liked you best," a study by biology researchers at North Dakota State University, Fargo, and Iowa State University, Ames, have ...