Parthenogenesis?? I Hope So!!

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Originally Posted by NickMyers03

RDR also had this happen to them this year. clutch #59...mother is a lesser virgin and laid eggs

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LOL, I think Grasshopper was messing around when he posted that. I think Ralph is just hiding the male on that clutch. Last season he said he would be hiding a few clutches this year.

Wow- thats interesting!! How long ago were the eggs laid? And please- be sure to get some pictures of them on here when they hatch!!

Might want to put some screen over any air holes that a fly might get through. Don't want maggots in the remaining bad egg getting into the good eggs.

WOW thats awsome. Hope they turn out to be healthy babies. I have a question though. If this does turn out to be parthenogenisis (sp?). then if a Morph BP laid eggs a virgin would all the babies be a morph???:rolleye2:

Genetically identical... They SHOULD be clones, basically, if no male was involved in fertilization.

Should be at about 25+ days now right? How are the eggs doing?

Just out of curiosity, at this point, we would be able to candle the eggs, right?

I thought I read in that Burm case that it was unusual in that the babies where clones, that the previous types of parthogenisis seen in snakes involved a fully homozygous and hence necessarily male offspring from doubling up of the genetic material that the mother would normally give to an egg. In that scenario, it should be possible for a heterozygous mutant female to produce homozygous mutant offspring and normal for the mutation offspring.

Nick is there a link you can provide? I can find RDR's listing of this clutch but no further information on it.

if you are a member to RDR forum they have a thred called clutch 59.. the member Grasshopper said he was kidding as Pfan pointed out though..

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Originally Posted by pfan151

LOL, I think Grasshopper was messing around when he posted that. I think Ralph is just hiding the male on that clutch. Last season he said he would be hiding a few clutches this year.

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I'm curious to see where this goes.