Is it a Boy or is it a Girl? (IMAGE)

Florida Atlantic University

Is it a Boy or is it a Girl?

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With the increase of global temperatures and climate change, sea turtle nests tend to produce more female-biased sex ratios further increasing their risk of extinction. Despite this risk, very few studies actually verify the sex of individual sea turtles and then compare that data to predictions of sex ratios based on the incubation environment.

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Florida Atlantic University

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