Self-Perpetuating Female Salamanders from Mental_Floss

[jewett]

Mental_Floss: "Self-Perpetuating Female Salamanders Are Better Off Without Males, Study Finds"
Self-Perpetuating Female Salamanders Are Better Off Without Males, Study Finds | Mental Floss

Hybrid, polyploidy Ambystomids may be better at tissue regeneration than those with more "traditional" genetics. Pretty cool!

HJ

 

[schmiggle]

Wow! I'm vague on the exact genetics, but that's pretty cool.

 

[JM29]

Interesting article, but the title is misleading, since unisexual Ambystoma females need sperm from males of bisexual species to perpetuate.
These females are not really cloned. Only a part of their genome is actually cloned. Such species are qualified as kleptons.