{"id":138051,"date":"2025-10-09T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=138051"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:00:11","slug":"chinese-scientists-find-gene-that-determines-central-bearded-dragons-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=138051","title":{"rendered":"Chinese scientists find gene that determines central bearded dragon\u2019s sex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn arid parts of central Australia, temperature plays a big part in determining whether central bearded dragon embryos emerge from their eggs as male or female.<br \/>\nWhile the sex of mammals and birds is determined solely by genetics, the dragons are like turtles and crocodiles in that incubation temperature plays a part in the process.<br \/>\nIf incubated at 32 degrees Celsius (89.6 degrees Fahrenheit) or higher, some male embryos will emerge as female. If the temperature is cooler, genetics will determine&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3327700\/male-or-female-chinese-scientists-find-gene-determines-central-bearded-dragons-sex?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn arid parts of central Australia, temperature plays a big part in determining whether central bearded dragon embryos emerge from their eggs as male&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138051"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}