Painted Turtles (IMAGE)

University of Missouri-Columbia

Painted Turtles

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Researchers found when turtle eggs are exposed to environmental estrogens, their sex is no longer determined by the temperature, but rather by the chemical to which they're exposed.

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Roger Meissen, Bond Life Sciences Center

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