>>Seems like a paternity test would be a useful tool for python breeders if inexpensive and could identify candidates for further testing if parthenogenesis is happening regularly.

I seriously doubt that it happens very frequently.

One very cheap and easy first step to rule out parthenogenesis -- just look at the sex ratio in the litter. If there's any males in the litter, you know it wasn't parthenogenetic.
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0.1 Peruvian rainbow boa (Amaru)
2.0 Brazilian rainbow boas (TBA)
0.3 Honduran milksnakes (Chicchan, Chanir, Hari)
1.0 Thayeri kingsnake (TBA)
2.7 corns (Cetto, Tolosa, TBA)
1,000,000.1,000,000 other critters

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