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Title: True Virgin Birth
Post by: Parker on December 14, 2011, 11:15:10 PM: Dinner-plate Discovery
Photograph courtesy Lee Grismer

Leiolepis ngovantrii was new to science in 2010 but well known to residents of Vietnam's Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province (see map), where the lizards are sold live at restaurants. (See "New Self-Cloning Lizard Found in Vietnam Restaurant.")

Ngo Van Tri, of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, found the lizards on offer at a local eatery. Subsequent study by colleague L. Lee Grismer of California's La Sierra University determined that the animal was an all-female species.

The lizards are capable of reproducing in the absence of males via a self-cloning process that culminates in virgin birth.

Published December 13, 2011

(http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/284/cache/cloning-lizard-eaten_28416_600x450.jpg)
Title: Re: True Virgin Birth
Post by: GroinkTropin on December 14, 2011, 11:31:17 PM: I haven't decided if this is incredible or not. It sure seems that way, but honestly, is this just some kind of mutant cross breed? Seems
like the species arose when two other species began dying off, or something like that.

Hmm...seems incredible, but might not be so much...MAKE ME A BELIEVER!!!
Title: Re: True Virgin Birth
Post by: The True Adonis on December 14, 2011, 11:50:49 PM: Quote from: GroinkTropin on December 14, 2011, 11:31:17 PM
I haven't decided if this is incredible or not. It sure seems that way, but honestly, is this just some kind of mutant cross breed? Seems
like the species arose when two other species began dying off, or something like that.

Hmm...seems incredible, but might not be so much...MAKE ME A BELIEVER!!!
Uh, many animals breed via parthenogenesis. This is not some new discovery.
Title: Re: True Virgin Birth
Post by: Parker on December 16, 2011, 06:14:05 AM: Quote from: GroinkTropin on December 14, 2011, 11:31:17 PM
I haven't decided if this is incredible or not. It sure seems that way, but honestly, is this just some kind of mutant cross breed? Seems
like the species arose when two other species began dying off, or something like that.

Hmm...seems incredible, but might not be so much...MAKE ME A BELIEVER!!!
It seems like that's what we are moving to---the absence of hetero males...
Title: Re: True Virgin Birth
Post by: The True Adonis on December 16, 2011, 01:02:16 PM: Quote from: GangstaLean on December 16, 2011, 06:14:05 AM
It seems like that's what we are moving to---the absence of hetero males...
No.