Turtle embryos speed up development to hatch in the safety of a group

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 07:30 in Biology & Nature

Australian freshwater turtle embryos can sense how developed other babies are in their eggs and then speed up their own growth to hatch with the most advanced of their siblings, according to new research.

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