What factor determines the gender of an alligator before it hatches?
Correct answer: Temperature
Colette
Yay! I knew all my hours of watching National Geographic Wild would pay off one day.. Hehe!
Player #Judy
Interesting facts. Didn’t know the answer, just guessed, and I was right!
Suekirider
* Seshati *, Actually, the Male determines the gender of a fertilized egg in humans.
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oldfart1962, pressed the wrong button! males carry both x and y. so when the gametes are produced some carry an x, some a y. I don't have the medical background to prove it but the female gametes seems to be more susceptible to outside conditions.
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oldfart1962, hello, females only carry the 2x chromosomes in most mammal
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interestingly enough incubation temperatures also affects sex in birds.
Jonesy
crocodiles and turtles are the same
oldfart1962
* Seshati *, How ?