# environmental sex determination

> sex-determination system in which sex is established by a nongenetic cue experienced within a discrete period after conception (in contrast genotypic sex determination occurs when sex is established by genetic factors at conception)

**Wikidata**: [Q5381357](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5381357)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_sex_determination)  
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