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In 'virgin birth,' snake gets pregnant by herself at Boston Aquarium
- bediger4000 7y agoWhy is this a big deal? Squamous reptiles do sex determination differently than crocodiles or avians. I think that the notation is "XX" for a female snake or lizard, "X0" for a male. Male squamous reptiles have one less chromosome. There are a number of species of unisexual lizards that live in North America: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24979584?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.jstor.org/stable/24979584?seq=1#page_scan_tab_co... This is news only to people who haven't looked at the issue at all.
- eesmith 7y agoIt's not portrayed as being a big deal. Most newspaper articles are not big deals.