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[JestersEye]

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From Olsen: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a784243532&db=all

Hmmm, that's very interesting. I suppose the parthenogenetic poults would have to be genetic "clones" of the parent bird, then... with identical DNA. That's amazing!

 

[ivan3]

JestersEye wrote: I suppose the parthenogenetic poults would have to be genetic "clones" of the parent bird, then... with identical DNA. That's amazing!

Not exactly (in unisexual reptiles that's the drill). Link below is info. from the Schuett paper referenced in my earlier post (used to be a link to PDF of complete paper).

http://home.pcisys.net/~dlblanc/articles/Parthenogenesis.php​