Evidence for viable, non-clonal but fatherless Boa constrictors

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-256

  Booth, Warren ^a   Johnson, Daniel H ^b   Moore, Sharon ^c   Schal, Coby ^a   Vargo, Edward L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Avian and Exotic Animal Care   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Asexual reproduction; Boidae; Facultative parthenogenesis; Microsatellite DNA fingerprinting; WW female

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; SEX DETERMINATION; SNAKE; VIABILITY;

AMPHIBIA; BOA CONSTRICTOR; BOIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79954537232     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0793     Document Type: Article

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