Zoo Announces Birth of Two Komodo Dragons ; Hatched From Unfertilized Eggs
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › February 08, 2008
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WICHITA, Kan. Two Komodo dragons have hatched at the Sedgwick County Zoo, apparently without the fertilization of a male.
The dragons, both males, are the first in North America known to have hatched by parthenogenesis, which occurs naturally in some species, including invertebrates and lower plants. It happens more rarely in some vertebrates.See the full content of this document
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Zoo Announces Birth of Two Komodo Dragons ; Hatched From Unfertilized Eggs
Two other known cases in which Komodo dragons hatched by parthenogenesis were at t...
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