Sea turtles turning female
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 9:50 am
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/af ... utType=amp
Thankfully ... "One male can fertilise numerous females"
However, the hugely reduced number of males will reduce genetic diversity, usually a bad thing in an animal population. Tassie devils, for example, can easily transmit their facial cancer because the genetics of the population is so similar.
Thankfully ... "One male can fertilise numerous females"
However, the hugely reduced number of males will reduce genetic diversity, usually a bad thing in an animal population. Tassie devils, for example, can easily transmit their facial cancer because the genetics of the population is so similar.