Sentences with phrase «female whiptails»
Adult female New Mexico whiptails reproduce solely through parthenogenesis, laying unfertilized eggs that develop into other female whiptails.
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Pairs of female whiptails sometimes engage in mock sex, which led to the nickname «lesbian lizards» and seems to encourage the production of egg cells.
Not exact matches
Living in the deserts of the U.S. Southwest and parts of northern Mexico, the New Mexico whiptail is an all - female species of lizard.
«In case of the whiptail lizard in the New Mexican desert which consists only of females, a type of pseudo-copulation still takes place before eggs start developing, suggesting evolution places certain checks on completely eliminating sex and sexual behavior,» said Prof. Alexander Mikheyev, head of OIST's Ecology and Evolution Unit, the paper's co-author.
An all - female species of whiptail lizards presents a unique opportunity to test hypotheses regarding the nature and the evolution of sexual behavior