• Did Your Snake have a “Virgin Birth”?

  • Oct 7 2024
  • Length: 20 mins
  • Podcast

Did Your Snake have a “Virgin Birth”?

  • Summary

  • #286: Warren Booth — snake reproduction geneticist and professor at Virginia Tech — discusses discoveries about some snakes' ability to reproduce without a member of the opposite sex [parthenogenesis]. However, this phenomenon might be misleading because some snakes, like rattlers, can store sperm for up to six years.

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