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Lizard gender bends at altitude

source: http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/925336/FeaturedArticles/14/54/14

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Scientists claimed to have discovered that a small Tasmanian lizard has different ways of determining the sex of its offspring, depending on the altitude.

At low altitudes, the lizard's gender is determined by temperature, while at high altitudes where the climate is more extreme, it's all down to their genes, ABC reported qouting a study in"Nature". http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/925336/FeaturedArticles...
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