This is weird to me. I know some reptiles have the ability to self-fertilize eggs, but this is the first time the phenomena has been documented with Komodo Dragons.
Does this mean the ability to self-fertilize is an evolutionary response to declining population in certain species? Interesting possibility.
* After reading the article once again I realized that it has been documented in one other Komodo Dragon. Still strange, as these eggs were fertilized.
Last edited by Keltoi; 01-25-2007 at 12:29 AM.
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Parthogenesis is fairly common in the lower animal kingdom. It occurs in some lizards, a bit more common in amphibians even more common in fish. by the time you get to mollusks it is the rule and not the exception.
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