--- Ticia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In case you haven't come across this snippet yet, a > python at Artis zoo in > Amsterdam cloned itself, 40% of her eggs contain > pure female clones, not parthenogenic males. > > Story: > http://www.rnw.nl/science/html/030224snake.html > > Parthenogenesis in snakes: > http://www.pcisys.net/~dlblanc/Parthenogenesis.html
Oh, wow, more bizarreness from the world of biology! I knew about snake male offspring via parthenogenesis, but the female is new. The birth of her offspring is eagerly anticipated by herpetologists, I'd suppose. Now At Last She Will Get A Name Maru :) P.S. Congrats to the happy parents of the newest little Brineller! __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
