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Demonstration of Parthenogenetic Reproduction in a Pet Ball Python (

Francesco Di Ianni, Sara Albarella, Alessandro Vetere, Marco Torcello, Michela Ablondi, Mariagiulia Pugliano, Susanna Di Mauro, Pietro Parma, Francesca Ciotola

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Article in Genes, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Sex Determination in Reptiles: A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Francesco Di IanniDepartment of Veterinary Science, Strada del Taglio 10, 43121 Parma, Italy.
Sara AlbarellaDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, Via Delpino 1, 80137 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4018-8007
Alessandro VetereDepartment of Veterinary Science, Strada del Taglio 10, 43121 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9411-8605
Marco TorcelloAmbulatorio Veterinario Dott. Di Mauro, Via Parini 8, 24043 Caravaggio, Italy.ORCID 0009-0003-0221-0781
Michela AblondiDepartment of Veterinary Science, Strada del Taglio 10, 43121 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3700-1042
Mariagiulia PuglianoDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, Via Delpino 1, 80137 Naples, Italy.
Susanna Di MauroAmbulatorio Veterinario Dott. Di Mauro, Via Parini 8, 24043 Caravaggio, Italy.
Pietro ParmaDepartment of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano, Italy.
Francesca CiotolaDepartment of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, Via Delpino 1, 80137 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9881-1420

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parthenogenesis is an asexual form of reproduction, normally present in various animal and plant species, in which an embryo is generated from a single gamete. Currently, there are some species for which parthenogenesis is supposed but not confirmed, and the mechanisms that activate it are not well understood. A 10-year-old, wild-caught female ball python (

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BoidaeAnimalsEggsEmbryo, MammalianParthenogenesisReproductiongeneticparthenogenesisPCRP. regiusreptilesVNTR

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PMID37761884
PMCPMC10531270

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