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Temperature-Induced Sex Change Could Drive This Species to Extinction
2016-07-03 04:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Increasing temperatures due to climate change is altering the demographics of the central bearded dragon population and possibly sending the species into extinction. Like a lot of reptiles, Discovery News said, the gender of central bearded dragons depends on their chromosomes and the temperature at which the eggs are incubated. The egg is born a female when incubated at higher temperatures. Increasing global temperatures could skyrocket the number of female central bearded dragons in the future,...
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