Burmese Female Eggs

Burmese Female Eggs

Postby konmac » Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:51 am

Youars burm females born eggs without contact with male ??( like chicken.)
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Re: Burmese Female Eggs

Postby LizardLover » Fri Mar 29, 2013 2:37 pm

They can lay eggs without having contact. It's called "slugs". Infertile eggs. There shall not hatch little burms.
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Re: Burmese Female Eggs

Postby Westley Price » Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:04 pm

There are three options:
- Parthnogenesis (very rare)
- Female stored sperm from last year (quite likely)
- Slugs
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Re: Burmese Female Eggs

Postby LizardLover » Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:25 pm

Has there ever been a burm with Partnogenisis?
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Re: Burmese Female Eggs

Postby Westley Price » Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:05 pm

Yes, but apparently very rare.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12634818
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