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Originally Posted by Alisa-D
Sort of off topic but has any research been done to see if other monitors are parthenogenic(sp) like the komodo dragons.. If you had a large group of females would they produce fertile eggs without a male present
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As said, several species are known to be parthenogenic and it is likely that others are as well. But why would one want to have a large group of females to produce eggs? Given the infrequency of parthenogenic reproduction and the low numbers of viable eggs actually produced, you would produce a lot more babies with just one or two male-female pairs.
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