Thermosensitive period for sex determination of the tropical freshwater turtle Malayemys macrocephala

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Many egg-laying reptiles possess temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) in which outcome of gonadogenesis is determined by incubation temperature during a temperature-sensitive period of development. Prior studies on Malayemys macrocephala showed that incubation temperatures influence gonadal development and suggested that M. macrocephala exhibits TSD. However, information on the temperature-sensitivity period in this species was unknown until the current study. Turtle eggs were collected from rice fields in central Thailand from December 2016 to February 2017. In the laboratory, eggs were incubated at male-biased temperature (26 °C) and shifted to female-biased temperature (32 °C), or vice versa. Single shift experiments were performed systematically during embryonic stages 13-21. After hatching, sex of individual turtles was determined by histological analysis. We found that the sex determination of M. macrocephala is affected by temperature up to stage 16 of embryonic development.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Integrative zoology - 16(2021), 2 vom: 19. März, Seite 160-169

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pewphong, Rangsima [VerfasserIn]
Kitana, Jirarach [VerfasserIn]
Kitana, Noppadon [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Gonadal development
Histological analysis
Incubation temperature
Journal Article
Snail-eating turtle
Temperature shift experiment

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Date Completed 29.03.2021

Date Revised 29.03.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/1749-4877.12479

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM313370966