Virgin birth has just been discovered in wild snakes. Cue Jurassic Park theme music.
Facultative parthogenesis, commonly known as “virgin birth,” isn’t unheard of in the animal kingdom, but it’s especially rare among vertebrates. And while it’s been observed in snakes in the past, never before has it been identified in any wildspecies. Until now. In the latest issue of Biology Letters, a team of researchers led by geneticist…
