Te Mana O Te Moana https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/ Thu, 09 Nov 2017 20:41:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.temanaotemoana.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-1-LOGO-PRINCIPAL-TMOTM-full-quadri-1-1-32x32.png Te Mana O Te Moana https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/ 32 32 Boris Tezak presented some parts of his thesis on sea turtles sex determination https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/boris-tezak-presented-some-parts-of-his-thesis-on-sea-turtles-sex-determination/ Thu, 09 Nov 2017 20:41:24 +0000 http://www.temanaotemoana.org/?p=12748 Boris Tezak, Florida Antlantic Unisersity PhD student, presented a summary of his thesis on the “Sea Turtle Sex Ratios in a Changing Climate”.

He is the Three Minute Thesis Championship Winner and People’s Choice Winner.

The assessment: it is possible to identify the sex of a turtle by taking a blood drop sample. (A hormone would be present in male specimens and absent in female specimens).

Click here for the video.

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