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University of Georgia researchers have been using DNA analysis to track the reproduction of female loggerhead turtles for nearly two decades, and their numbers have stabilized, but there is a lack of baseline data on the males, and global warming may be causing an imbalance in the sex ratio of hatchlings.
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