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Sex Determination and Ontogeny in Malacochersus tornieri, the Pancake Tortoise

Michael A. Ewert, Ronnie E. Hatcher, J. Michael Goode

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We document temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) in the Pancake Tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri). The nesting season is biased toward a fall–winter pattern and the embryos have a postovipositional developmental arrest. Males initially grow faster than females, but females are the larger sex. The species does not readily conform to a hypothesis that TSD is adaptively maintained through a direct association of juvenile growth with adult sexual size dimorphism.

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We document temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) in the Pancake Tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri). The nesting season is biased toward a fall–winter pattern and the embryos have a postovipositional developmental arrest. Males initially grow faster than females, but females are the larger sex. The species does not readily conform to a hypothesis that TSD is adaptively maintained through a direct association of juvenile growth with adult sexual size dimorphism.

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We document temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) in the Pancake Tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri). The nesting season is biased toward a fall–winter pattern and the embryos have a postovipositional developmental arrest. Males initially grow faster than females, but females are the larger sex. The species does not readily conform to a hypothesis that TSD is adaptively maintained through a direct association of juvenile growth with adult sexual size dimorphism.

Key concepts: Biology, Tortoise, Sexual dimorphism, Ontogeny, Juvenile, Zoology, Sexual maturity, Sexual differentiation

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