Constancy in an inconstant world: moving beyond constant temperatures in the study of reptilian incubation.

Abstract excerpt

Variable environmental conditions can alter the phenotype of offspring, particularly in ectothermic species such as reptiles. Despite this, the majority of studies on development in reptiles have been carried out under constant conditions in the laboratory, raising the question of just how applicable those investigations are to natural conditions? Here, we first review what we have learned from these...

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• Environment
• Phenotype
• Reproduction
• Reptiles
• Temperature