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involve reproductive mode (oviparity versus
viviparity) and sex determination (genotypic sex
determination versus environmental sex determination).
Although reptiles show multiple evolutionary
transitions in both parameters, the co-occurrence of
viviparity and environmental-dependent sex determination
have heretofore been regarded as incompatible.
Our studies on the viviparous lizard
Niveoscincus ocellatus show that the extent of basking
by a female influences the sex of her offspring.
Critically, our data reveal this effect both in the field
(via correlations between date of birth and litter sex
ratio) and in a laboratory experiment (females with
reduced basking opportunities produced more male
offspring). Changes in thermoregulatory behaviour
thus allow pregnant female lizards to modify the sex
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involve reproductive mode (oviparity versus
viviparity) and sex determination (genotypic sex
determination versus environmental sex determination).
Although reptiles show multiple evolutionary
transitions in both parameters, the co-occurrence of
viviparity and environmental-dependent sex determination
have heretofore been regarded as incompatible.
Our studies on the viviparous lizard
Niveoscincus ocellatus show that the extent of basking
by a female influences the sex of her offspring.
Critically, our data reveal this effect both in the field
(via correlations between date of birth and litter sex
ratio) and in a laboratory experiment (females with
reduced basking opportunities produced more male
offspring). Changes in thermoregulatory behaviour
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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Maternal basking behaviour determines offspring sex in a viviparous reptile</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Wapstra, Erik</span> and <span class="person_name">Olsson, Mats</span> and <span class="person_name">Shine, Richard</span> and <span class="person_name">Edwards, Ashley</span> and <span class="person_name">Swain, Roy</span> and <span class="person_name">Joss, Jean M.P.</span> (2004) <xhtml:em>Maternal basking behaviour determines offspring sex in a viviparous reptile.</xhtml:em> Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B (Suppl.), 271 . s230. ISSN 0962-8452</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2200/1/Maternalbasking.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2200/1/Maternalbasking.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />87Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input accept-charset="utf-8" value="2760" name="docid" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2003.0152">http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2003.0152</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Two primary dichotomies within vertebrate life histories
involve reproductive mode (oviparity versus
viviparity) and sex determination (genotypic sex
determination versus environmental sex determination).
Although reptiles show multiple evolutionary
transitions in both parameters, the co-occurrence of
viviparity and environmental-dependent sex determination
have heretofore been regarded as incompatible.
Our studies on the viviparous lizard
Niveoscincus ocellatus show that the extent of basking
by a female influences the sex of her offspring.
Critically, our data reveal this effect both in the field
(via correlations between date of birth and litter sex
ratio) and in a laboratory experiment (females with
reduced basking opportunities produced more male
offspring). Changes in thermoregulatory behaviour
thus allow pregnant female lizards to modify the sex
of their offspring.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">environmental sex determination; sex ratio;
squamate; viviparity</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/270706.html">270000 Biological Sciences > 270700 Ecology and Evolution > 270706 Life Histories (incl. Population Ecology)</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2200</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Dr Erik Wapstra</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">15 Oct 2007 12:04</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2200;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2200">item control page</a></p>
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