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Sojourner
at Sun May 3 09:55:27 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Sojourner ]
There can be males produced from a process that is known as automatic parthenogenesis(AP), and is explained very well in the link below.
I believe that parthenogenesis happens in boas a LOT more than most may think. I also believe that AP could produce a genetically homozygous offspring of a specific trait like jungle and/or albino from a heterozygous female.
Statistically it seem much more likely to me than the odds of one albino from 4 litters..... although, the odds sometimes fall that way.
Great thread!
 automatic parthenogenesis
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