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The University of Chicago Press, The American Naturalist, 4(161), p. 676-683

DOI: 10.1086/368292

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Pattern does not equal process: exactly when is sex environmentally determined?

Journal article published in 2003 by Nicole M. Valenzuela ORCID, Dean C. Adams, Fredric J. Janzen
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Abstract

Of prime importance in evolutionary biology are the description of pattern and explanations of process. Frequently, however, multiple processes can explain a given pattern. Such cases require experimental protocols or research criteria to distinguish among alternatives so pattern can be critically assigned to process. Noteworthy examples of this approach include evaluating adaptations and identifying character displacement (Gould and Lewontin 1979; Schluter and McPhail 1992). The field of vertebrate sex determination similarly requires such criteria.