Parthenogenesis in Komodo dragons

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7122, 2006, Pages 1021-1022

  Watts, Phillip C ^a   Buley, Kevin R ^b   Sanderson, Stephanie ^b   Boardman, Wayne ^c   Ciofi, Claudio ^d   Gibson, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHESTER ZOO   (United Kingdom)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; PARTHENOGENESIS;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SEX RATIO; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

VARANUS KOMODOENSIS;

EID: 33845912953     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/4441021a     Document Type: Article

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