In Costa Rica, the first virgin beginning of a crocodile turned into recorded

In one of the eggs laid by using an 18-year-vintage crocodile saved in captivity in Costa Rica one after the other from males, a fetus was located that, in line with DNA evaluation, matched ninety nine.Nine% of the mother’s DNA.

While egg laying by using girl crocodile kept in captivity one after the other from adult males isn't unusual, the case of parthenogenesis (immaculate theory) in crocodiles become recorded for the first time.

Previously, such cases had been known in birds, lizards, snakes and fish. Material about the immaculate concept of a crocodile turned into published via scientists at the Virginia Institute of Technology in the Royal Society magazine Biology Letters.