Figure 1. Texas spotted whiptail lizard 4, (2009). Note: Copyright gurdonark (made available under a Creative Commons licence)My presentation group is supposed to read the "Marked Women" by Deborah Tannen. The text handles with gender and women. It supports the idea that women are marked all the time and everywhere unlike men.
Anyway..
In the text, it says that there are species which generate only females. One of them is Whiptail Lizard. I wondered what kind of creature this is and googled it. (Isn't is an isteresting animal?)
Meanwhile, I also got the opportunity to use Creative Commons in this post. What I have learned about them:
This species is mostly common in the west of the USA. Whiptail lizards are asexual (Most of the lizards which habit in the west of the USA are asexual..) There are only female parents and their offsprings are also female and they are genetically the same as their parents. They reproduce through unfertilized eggs. Since they have no genetic variation, they do not evolve.. Even science keeps carrying out research on them and yet it has no much information about them. What a mystery!
Dear Can,
ReplyDeleteIt is a marvelous idea to get the attention. It took me some time to read your post (copy-paste-change the font-and read) but actually to be honest, I was looking for a more interesting thing, like the mystery of the space, or the meaning of life :) but anyways, it was very nice to read about a lizard.
Elif, I didn't understand what you meant about copy, paste, etc... ? Don't you visit Can's blog and read directly from the web site?
ReplyDeleteThis is fascinating, Can. I have read that article several times, but I never actually researched the species she mentioned. How weird and wonderful!
Dear Sonja,
ReplyDeleteI don't know how to explain this so the easiest way is to show it to you on Wednesday :) Then you will understand...
Elif,
ReplyDeleteIt is also interesing that a creature still exists and keeps existing without men. No men and only women keeps the species alive.. That is against our today's world :D Women need no men in this society.. Wow..!