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seems to have a very short-term effect on hatchling phenotype, while sexual phenotype seems
to have a great influence on mass and growth of hatchlings up to one year. These results
pointed out the crucial effect of sexual phenotype, which must be take into account in this
kind of analyses to avoid confounding effects of sex and incubation conditions.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We thank the staff of “l’Association Tortues Passion”, Bernard Boussac and Suzette Bessède
to their assistance in collecting the eggs. We also thank Claude Pieau for his help in sexing
juvenile turtles. Many thanks to Lionel Saunois, Annick Ambroise and Sandrine Fontaine for
technical and field assistance. Finally, we acknowledge Philippe Rivalan and Emmanuelle
Baudry for constructive comments on various drafts of the manuscript.
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