A diverse array of sex determination (SD) mechanisms, encompassing environmental to
genetic, have been found to exist among vertebrates, covering a spectrum from fixed SD …

Concern over global amphibian declines and possible links to agrochemical use has led to
research on the endocrine disrupting actions of agrochemicals, such as fertilizers …

Sex-antagonistic (SA) genes are widely considered to be crucial players in the evolution of
sex chromosomes, being instrumental in the arrest of recombination and degeneration of Y …

Amphibians have experienced a catastrophic decline since the 1980s driven by disease,
habitat loss, and impacts of invasive species and face ongoing threats from climate change …

The role of environmental factors in sexual differentiation in amphibians is not new. The
effect of hormones or hormone-like compounds is widely demonstrated. However, the effect …

Populations of ectothermic vertebrates are vulnerable to environmental pollution and climate
change because certain chemicals and extreme temperatures can cause sex reversal …

Extreme temperatures during heat waves can induce mass-mortality events, but can also
exert sublethal negative effects by compromising life-history traits and derailing sexual …

Anthropogenic environmental change poses a special threat to species in which genetic sex
determination can be overwritten by the thermal and chemical environment. Endocrine …

The view that has genotypic sex determination and environmental sex determination as
mutually exclusive states in fishes and reptiles has been contradicted by the discovery that …

Sex-related differences in mortality are widespread in the animal kingdom. Although studies
have shown that sex determination systems might drive lifespan evolution, sex chromosome …