Maybe Parthenogenesis isn't the correct term for what happened but this is not the first time I have heard of one or all of a litter coming out as if the mother was bred by a male with the same genetics as she had. There may not be enough examples of this to rule out any other possibilities but I remember a few cases that make me think that there is something other than sperm retention going on.

Jeff, remember last year when someone posted about a female Motley(first time being introduced to a male) that was bred by a non-Motley male and had a litter of normals, Motleys, and Super Motleys? I can name a few more similar scenarios. It makes me wonder if this happens a lot since the only time we know something is different is when an oddball pops up. The odds of a Super Jungle Albino being present in a DH x DH breeding is 1/16. Could a large part of the Jungles and normals in the litter not have been sired by the male?

Any thoughts?

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