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Unisexual Lizards.

Authors :
Cole, Charles J.
Source :
Scientific American. Jan84, Vol. 250 Issue 1, p94-100. 7p. 1 Color Photograph, 8 Diagrams, 7 Graphs.
Publication Year :
1984

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