Pliers in the Americas have a reproductive ability

Scientists at the University of North Carolina in the US have discovered the reproductive ability of the same female of the python species, whose name is 'boa constrictor' growing in the Americas.

Illustration. (Internet source)

According to the VNA correspondent in Argentina, the study also showed that " python" - the result of the above-mentioned non-structural reproduction - are female and do not have any trace of genes. male python; At the same time, there is a python-like body color.

This is the first time scientists have discovered the phenomenon of non- copulatory reproduction, or ' partenogénesis ,' in pythons. This research result is in stark contrast to the scientific theory of reptile breeding for decades.

Typically, in reptiles, males carry two sex chromosomes Z, and females carry a Z chromosome and a chromosome W. However, the new reproductive process is found for born python bear two chromosomes W.

This is a surprise for the researchers, since so far only in the laboratory can the organisms that carry two sex chromosomes W, but only limited in frogs and fish.

Pliers have about 10 different species, with body size ranging from 0.5-4m. They are scattered from Mexico to Argentina, mainly in desert areas.

Pythons can live both on the ground and on trees. They operate individually and are mainly at night. They have poor vision and often hunt through heat sensing.