Sex determination or the commitment of the embryo to its sexual fate is a fundamental
developmental process with paramount consequences in ecology and evolution. This …

In species with temperature-dependent sex determination, embryonic gonadal differentiation
can be modified by exposure to exogenous chemicals such as environmental contaminants …

In the current model of vertebrate sex determination and sexual differentiation, gonadal sex
is fixed at fertilization by specific chromosomes, a process known as genotypic sex …

Vertebrate sexual fate can be established by environmental cues (eg, temperature-
dependent sex determination, TSD) or by genetic content (genotypic sex determination …

Steroid hormones affect sex determination in a variety of vertebrates. The feminizing effects
of exposure to estradiol and the masculinizing effects of aromatase inhibition during …

As temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) and homozygote or heterozygote
genetic sex determination (GSD) exist in multiple reptilian taxa, they represent sex …

Environmental chemicals can disrupt endocrine signaling and adversely impact sexual
differentiation in wildlife. Bisphenol A (BPA) is an estrogenic chemical commonly found in a …

The developmental processes underlying gonadal differentiation are conserved across
vertebrates, but the triggers initiating these trajectories are extremely variable. The red …

Historically, reptiles have been used as bioindicators of environmental contaminants and,
currently, reptiles have the potential to elucidate the mechanisms of a newly described …

In many egg‐laying reptiles, the incubation temperature of the egg determines the sex of the
offspring, a process known as temperature‐dependent sex determination (TSD). In TSD sex …