>>Looks like Amazondoc wins this one. From the article.
>>
>>"We performed parentship analyses on the snake and seven of her embryos using microsatellites and AFLP. Four microsatellite loci
>>developed for this species combined with three loci developed
>>previously for different snake species revealed too little
>>variation to discriminate between sperm retention and
>>parthenogenesis. With AFLP we were able to confirm that
>>the Artis Zoo female reproduced parthenogenetically."
>>
>>There was no genetic contribution from a male, which there would have been even in identical twins.

Another useless tangent to distract from the real issue. If you guys want to cite things, how about citing the CONCLUSION OF THE DNA STUDY of the Everglades burms, which is the main thrust of these discussions:

"Sampling of mothers and offspring provided no evidence of parthenogenetic reproduction in ENP pythons."

http://www.usark.org/uploads/FloridaBurmGenetics.pdf

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