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Unisexual Lizards.
- Source :
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Scientific American . Jan84, Vol. 250 Issue 1, p94-100. 7p. 1 Color Photograph, 8 Diagrams, 7 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 1984
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Abstract
- Focuses on lizards, which exist in southwestern United States, Mexico, and South America. The vertebrates' unusual reproduction method of parthenogenesis; Indication that the unisexual whiptail lizard was first captured and kept in labs in the 1960s; Discoveries of parthenon-genetic cloning, polyploidy, and the origin of a new species of vertebrates by means of hybridization; The process of meiosis in bisexual whiptails; Phylogenetic relations among nine species; Reproductive potential of unisexual lizards.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00368733
- Volume :
- 250
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Scientific American
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 8400005110
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0184-94