Why do the eggs of lizards (Bassiana duperreyi: Scincidae) hatch sooner if incubated at fluctuating rather than constant temperatures?

Agriculture & Biology

• Bassiana duperreyi 100%
• Scincidae 67%
• lizards 50%
• eggs 31%
• temperature 21%
• heart rate 16%
• embryogenesis 14%
• heat 13%
• hatching 9%
• hatching date 8%
• thermosensitivity 7%
• cardiac output 7%
• Squamata 6%
• nesting sites 6%
• reptiles 5%
• oxygen consumption 5%
• acclimation 5%
• body size 5%
• climate 4%
• viability 4%
• duration 3%
• testing 2%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• lizard 63%
• egg 51%
• embryogenesis 27%
• incubation 22%
• temperature 20%
• rate 17%
• hatching 15%
• hatching date 11%
• nest site 9%
• acclimation 7%
• oxygen consumption 7%
• reptile 7%
• body size 6%
• viability 6%
• climate 3%
• test 2%