Hello Randy:

Thanks for responding (and everyone else, even the lol's).



I know only about what was said in the Reptiles' blurb, which wasn't much. Nothing about whether snakes hatched, or if dead embryos had to be scooped out of eggs. Technically, all offspring are females in parthenogenesis, and sexual differentiation occurs fairly late in embryogenesis. If anyone knows more about this Burm case I would like to hear.



As far as sperm retention goes, yes it would complicate matters substantially in today's morph market. Let's say you breed an albino female to a het albino male, and next year you breed her to a het genetic stripe BUT get an albino in the clutch? Well that would prove sperm retention of a year's duration. But breeding het to het would make things more interesting! However, I think multiple fresh matings would greatly decrease the chance of old sperm having a significant impact on the fresh matings. Time may tell. SJM

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