In most animals, the genotype of the organisms determines their sex. What is the relationship between sex determination and the environment?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) is one form of environmental sex determination that is common in reptiles: all crocodilians and sea turtles, and in some species of lizards and terrestrial turtles. At the pivotal temperature (intermediate ambient temperature), equal numbers of male and female offspring are produced. Three patterns have been observed from studies of TSD: 1) In some species of turtles, female offspring are produced above the pivotal temperature while males are produced below; 2) some species of lizards produce males when the temperatures are high and females when temperatures are low; and 3) in crocodiles and alligators, larger numbers of female offspring are produced at both low and high temperatures, while the abundance of male offspring is higher at intermediate temperatures.
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