Despite being a fundamental life-history character, there is a paucity of population-wide,
data-driven studies of primary sex ratios for any marine turtle species. The Republic of Cape …

Among amniote vertebrates, geckos represent a clade with exceptional variability in sex
determination; however, only a minority of species of this highly diverse group has been …

Cell size plays a role in evolutionary and phenotypically plastic changes in body size. To
examine this role, we measured the sizes of seven cell types of geckos (Paroedura picta) …

Endothermic and ectothermic amniotes differ in the timing of reproductive onset, with reptiles
initiating reproduction before reaching final body size. Long-term consequences of maternal …

Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is an extensively studied phenomenon in animals, including
reptiles, but the proximate mechanism of its development is poorly understood. The most …

Different life‐history strategies can be employed to navigate the tradeoff between investment
into reproductive and somatic tissues, and plasticity in life‐history strategies may be one of …

Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) reflects sex-specific solutions to the allocation of energy
among growth, reproduction and survival; however, the proximate mechanisms behind …

Elevated levels of gonadal androgens are often required for the expression of male-specific
behavioral and morphological traits in all classes of vertebrates, including reptiles. Here, we …

The more frequent and intense occurrence of heat waves is a challenge for arthropods
because their unpredictable incidence requires fast adaptations by the exposed individuals …

Most ectotherms follow a pattern of size plasticity known as the temperature‐size rule where
individuals reared in cold environments are larger at maturation than those reared in warm …