Does anyone know if any of the eggs were hatched from the Amsterdam
Self Cloning Burmese in 2003?? Haven't found any info on hatching.
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Self cloning Burmese
biguhuiini
Mar 09, 2006 11:54 PM
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Kelly_Haller
Mar 13, 2006 05:57 PM
Zoo policy prohibited the hatching of any of the eggs in the 6 yearly clutches produced by this female. DNA analysis was performed on the embryos of the 2001 clutch that showed them to be genetically identical to the mother. Also, no male is known to have ever been with her, and all embryos were females. This was pretty conclusive evidence for parthenogenisis, and the first known case for a boid.
Kelly
ginebig
Mar 13, 2006 06:28 PM
That's incredible. I'd heard of a couple species of lizards that do this, and one snake I think. Would be interesting to grow up some young just to see if they, indeed, reproduced this way. Some of the wonders of nature just leave me in awe.
Quig
joeysgreen
Mar 18, 2006 05:19 AM
I"m curious, not really having an opinion myself on the topic, but why do you think this zoo policy is a good thing?
Ian
Kelly_Haller
Mar 18, 2006 11:53 PM
why the zoo followed their policy in this case. Some zoos do not like to reproduce species that are very common or may be difficult to relocate or trade to other zoos because they are a common species. In this case however, I would have thought that they would have made an exception considering the circumstances.
Kelly
