Genes, not environment determined sex of sea reptiles in past

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 12:35 in Biology & Nature

Ancient sea reptiles gave birth to live offspring, rather than lay eggs like their modern counterparts, and their genes, not their environment, determined the offspring's sex, researchers in the U.S. and U.K. say.

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