1932-5231/asset/olbannercenter.gif?v=1&s=3a5bfae8658d16961e7b8f5387220b6eb73c4e31)
Round Table Presentations: Reptile
Parthenogenetic lizards as vertebrate systems
Article first published online: 9 MAY 2005
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1402560436
Copyright © 1990 Wiley-Liss, Inc., A Wiley Company
Issue
1932-5231/asset/cover.gif?v=1&s=3153ec9d76a92ba5560b1bf33b1c7caaf5aa5be9 "Journal of Experimental Zoology")
Journal of Experimental Zoology
Supplement: Unconventional Vertebrates as Models in Endocrine Research
Volume 256, Issue Supplement S4, pages 174–176, 1990
Additional Information
How to Cite
Cole, C. J. and Townsend, C. R. (1990), Parthenogenetic lizards as vertebrate systems. J. Exp. Zool., 256: 174–176. doi: 10.1002/jez.1402560436
Publication History
- Issue published online: 9 MAY 2005
- Article first published online: 9 MAY 2005
- Abstract
- References
- Cited By
Abstract
Unisexual (all-female) lizards of the genus Cnemidophorus are well suited for research in oogenesis, embryogenesis, nutrition, immunology, sex determination, genetics, and the effects of aging and exposure to pathogens and chemicals, in addition to evolutionary biology. Individuals produce clones by means of parthenogenesis, and both diploid and triploid partheno-gens exist. In addition, there are closely related bisexual (gonochoristic) species of Cnemidophorus. Advantages and disadvantages of maintaining laboratory colonies of Cnemidophorus are discussed.