comments/opinions/compliments, etc. everyone! It's nice to see that others are as excited about this litter as we are!



I just wanted to mention something about the Parthenogenesis theory. We were discussing these babies with a good friend of ours who is a molecular biologist. He explained to us that there are a couple of different things that could happen with parthenogenesis. There are two different points in the developement that it can occur at. If it occurs at this one point, then all the babies should be "clones" of the mom so in this case, they should have all been hypos. However, if it happens at the sex cell stage, then you would have different results - you would have both normals and super versions.



His explaination was MUCH better than mine with a lot more professional terms which escape my memory. However, that is the basic principle of what he was saying which was very interesting because that could actually have been what happened in this instance. It could explain the strange "super-like" look that the Hypos have to them.



Also, if this was the result of parthenogenises, there is also the possibility that each one of the offspring could reproduce in this manner. Could you imagine not having to "breed" boas to produce babies? Now that would be CRAZY!



Regardless, the paternity test should help rule out various theories! I hope it works!!



Also, here is a picture of mom as a baby. As you can see from the photo, she wasn't anything really "special" - just a very nice, CLEAN F1 Hypo which is why I got her!



Thanks,

Celia



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• I still don't know what they are... - wetceal, Tue Apr 25 20:54:54 2006
• Some more photos... - wetceal, Tue Apr 25 20:58:07 2006
• Last Ones... - wetceal, Tue Apr 25 21:00:52 2006
• OMG - giantkeeper, Tue Apr 25 21:17:47 2006
• duh - giantkeeper, Tue Apr 25 21:18:14 2006
• Whatever they are............ - JohnLokken, Tue Apr 25 21:02:06 2006
• I know what you mean John... - wetceal, Wed Apr 26 21:33:45 2006
• RE: Some more photos... - VolcomHerp, Tue Apr 25 21:52:45 2006
• RE: Some more photos... - ghireptiles, Tue Apr 25 22:32:22 2006
• That one is definitely one of my... - wetceal, Wed Apr 26 21:35:49 2006
• The sides look albino-ish..... - PanamaRed, Tue Apr 25 23:13:58 2006
• I have to kind of agree... - wetceal, Wed Apr 26 21:37:06 2006
• Simply amazing! I can't stop looking..> - LindaH, Thu Apr 27 09:01:23 2006
• RE: I still don't know what they are... - Boogman, Tue Apr 25 21:44:08 2006
• That might not be for a while LOL... - wetceal, Wed Apr 26 21:38:12 2006
• RE: I still don't know what they are... - havic, Tue Apr 25 21:52:18 2006
• I know what they are... - rainbowsrus, Tue Apr 25 22:16:15 2006
• I have been waiting in agony for you to. - Sloas, Tue Apr 25 22:37:42 2006
• Thanks John... - wetceal, Wed Apr 26 21:40:09 2006
• RE: I still don't know what they are... - ajfreptiles, Tue Apr 25 22:49:26 2006
• We won't be able to run the test... - wetceal, Wed Apr 26 21:42:42 2006
• RE: Cool.... - ajfreptiles, Wed Apr 26 21:53:15 2006
• RE: I still don't know what they are... - Warren_Booth, Tue Apr 25 23:20:25 2006
• They are amazing.. boas and photo! - ChristianC, Wed Apr 26 01:27:01 2006
• Celia, did you see... - ChrisGilbert, Wed Apr 26 08:09:58 2006
• I agree with Chris's post - giantkeeper, Wed Apr 26 08:58:19 2006
• Chris - giantkeeper, Wed Apr 26 12:15:15 2006
• RE: But what if... - Exotics by Nature, Wed Apr 26 12:35:34 2006
• LOL.....nice Sean! - giantkeeper, Wed Apr 26 13:54:39 2006
• LOL, Then it... - ChrisGilbert, Wed Apr 26 21:25:43 2006
• Hello Chris... - wetceal, Wed Apr 26 21:45:35 2006
• It might be different in snakes that... - ChrisGilbert, Thu Apr 27 06:34:27 2006
• Love the peaking through.... - gray, Wed Apr 26 09:48:59 2006
• Those were some of my favorite photos... - wetceal, Wed Apr 26 21:46:44 2006
• RE: Amazing animals - andrewpotts, Wed Apr 26 10:32:31 2006
• That last guy is just BEAUTIFUL!!! - michaelburton, Wed Apr 26 14:11:40 2006
• I know what they are... - JeffGray, Wed Apr 26 16:17:22 2006
• RE: I still don't know what they are... - vcaruso15, Wed Apr 26 19:31:34 2006
• Thank you for the... - wetceal, Wed Apr 26 21:57:36 2006
• Do animals born from parthenogenisis... - ChrisGilbert, Thu Apr 27 08:34:54 2006
• RE: I still don't know what they are... - Jeremy Stone, Wed Apr 26 22:58:34 2006