Better than cloning-some reptiles can have virgin births

[Bettyc <Bettyc@flyinggoat.com>]

The San Jose Mercury news had this article in it a couple of days ago.

http://spyglass.sjmercury.com/scitech/docs/072757.htm
Some virgin snakes able to give birth
" Thus began a series of phone calls, e-mail discussions and a battery
of genetic
 tests on three different species of snakes, culminating this month in
the
 publication of a groundbreaking pair of scientific papers that document
the
 existence of fatherless reproduction in snakes."
....more in the article
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           Betty Cunningham  
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