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Temperature-dependent sex determination may not be at equilibrium now but is not an exception to Fisher's principle. The temperature at which sex determination switches is variable based on the parent's genes, and it will try to re-equilibrate with the environment temperature to obtain 1:1 ratios just like in other animals.
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Indeed, that is why I wrote "may have been 50/50 before we started causing rapid climate change".

It's still not a violation of Fisher's principle, long term we would see natural selection move the threshold temperature upwards.



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