Wednesday, 20 December 2017

Girls will be boys: Sex reversal in dragon lizards


Date:  December 5, 2017
Source:  University of Queensland

Summary:
One of Australia's iconic lizard species is hiding a secret -- female central bearded dragon embryos temporarily grow the lizard equivalent of a penis during development. Researchers made the discovery while investigating what happens to the body and genitalia of male dragons that reverse their sex at high temperature treatment.



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