Many discussions express excitement about the novelty of the discovery, such as mentions of 'first evidence' and 'virgin birth,' with words like 'interesting' and ' groundbreaking' highlighting enthusiasm. Several posters reference molecular genetics and evolutionary implications, demonstrating engagement with the scientific content, while the overall tone shows recognition of the study's potential to influence the understanding of crocodilian biology.
AgreementStrong agreement
Most discussions recognize the significance of discovering facultative parthenogenesis in crocodiles, with many supporting and emphasizing its novelty.
InterestHigh interest
The topic has generated high interest, with multiple comments praising the research and sharing enthusiasm about its implications.
EngagementModerate engagement
Some posts involve sharing summaries, retweets, and comments about the molecular methods used, indicating thoughtful engagement, though not everyone dives deeply into scientific details.
ImpactHigh impact
The discovery is portrayed as a groundbreaking finding in evolutionary biology, potentially reshaping understanding of reptilian reproduction, which suggests a high impact.
Abstract in brief
The text discusses the discovery of facultative parthenogenesis (FP) in the American crocodile, marking the first evidence of this reproductive mode in crocodilians, which lack sex chromosomes and determine sex through temperature.
Advances in molecular genetics and bioinformatics have increased understanding of FP in vertebrates, which has been documented in birds, reptiles, and fishes, but questions remained about its occurrence in crocodiles.
The findings suggest that FP in crocodilians occurs via terminal fusion automixis, indicating a possible shared evolutionary origin of FP across reptiles, birds, and perhaps even extinct archosaur relatives like Pterosauria and Dinosauria.]
Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodile. Read the full paper - Discovery of Facultative Parthenogenesis in a New World Crocodile https://t.co/lZoXUPnQKZ #EvolutionaryBiology https://t.co/0XqjVn0nKo
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Professor John R. Hutchinson
@JohnRHutchinson · X
Facultative parthenogenesis is for Crocodylia, too!
American crocodiles do it: https://t.co/1Pep3kBQVB
Dec 6, 2023 · 51 likes · 10 shares · 14,048 followersView post →
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Joel Corush
@JCorush · X
New paper!
Jun 7, 2023 · 28 likes · 7 shares · 428 followersView post →
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Saber Atualizado
@AtualizadoSaber · X
*REFERÊNCIA:
Booth et al. (2023). Discovery of facultative parthenogenesis in a new world crocodile. Biology Letters, Volume 19, Issue 6. https://t.co/XcBBQnFTOf
Jun 7, 2023 · 27 likes · 30,246 followersView post →
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長谷川政美
@masasloth · X
カリフォルニアコンドルの単為生殖論文は3年前に出ていた。鳥類ではいくつかの例が知られていたが、鳥類を含む恐竜と姉妹群の関係のワニで単為生殖が明らかになったのはDiscovery of facultative parthenogenesis in a new world crocodile | Biology Letters (https://t.co/6bLfrdEUoD) https://t.co/IrOqB2q9Qq
Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodile. Read the full paper - Discovery of Facultative Parthenogenesis in a New World Crocodile https://t.co/lZoXUPnQKZ #EvolutionaryBiology https://t.co/EtteI92xPT
Jan 25, 2024 · 7 likes · 2 shares · 38,636 followersView post →
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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
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RT @angryhacademic: Fun fact: the first recorded incidence of a crocodile virgin birth (i.e. no sex/fertilisation involved) has been report…
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Suzy Eeckelaerts
@SEeckelaerts · X
Het gaat hier wel om een specifieke vorm van voortplanting die aspecten van seksuele en aseksuele voortplanting combineert: parthenogenese (waarvoor meerdere mechanismen bestaan). /4
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Mélani
@Mlani588808 · X
If alligators are in the Rio Grande there’s new evidence of parthenogenesis-no mating needed for a population increase https://t.co/Y9rImpFw9Z
Some genX-ers will enjoy the musical accompaniment while reading;): https://t.co/wwbF18lp4R @GregAbbott_TX @elonmusk @TexansforRFKJr
Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of parthenogenesis in a crocodile. Read the paper - Discovery of Facultative Parthenogenesis in a New World Crocodile https://t.co/lZoXUPnQKZ #parthenogenesis #EvolutionaryBiology https://t.co/ZJzhfb0fL6
@TheHaloworkshop for me, I'd like to believe Baby Crocodile Jesus was just born and The Reptile is coming in 30 days
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Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of parthenogenesis in a crocodile. Read the paper - Discovery of Facultative Parthenogenesis in a New World Crocodile https://t.co/lZoXUPnQKZ #parthenogenesis #EvolutionaryBiology https://t.co/bYeiB7Yg1n
Jun 30, 2024 · 6 likes · 38,636 followersView post →
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豊玉姫愛
@Toyotamaphimea · X
RT @Doctor_Ayatsuzi: ワニの単為生殖が世界で初めて確認されました
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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X
RT @angryhacademic: Fun fact: the first recorded incidence of a crocodile virgin birth (i.e. no sex/fertilisation involved) has been report…
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天上天下の天ちゃん
@kakohakie · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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RT @masasloth: カリフォルニアコンドルの単為生殖論文は3年前に出ていた。鳥類ではいくつかの例が知られていたが、鳥類を含む恐竜と姉妹群の関係のワニで単為生殖が明らかになったのはDiscovery of facultative parthenogenesis in a…
カリフォルニアコンドルの単為生殖論文は3年前に出ていた。鳥類ではいくつかの例が知られていたが、鳥類を含む恐竜と姉妹群の関係のワニで単為生殖が明らかになったのはDiscovery of facultative parthenogenesis in a new world crocodile | Biology Letters (https://t.co/6bLfrdEUoD) https://t.co/IrOqB2q9Qq
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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Camilo Julián
@camilo_julianc · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
Mar 27, 2024 · 27 shares · 762 followersView post →
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O. obscura
@JapaneseLoach · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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anne witkowski
@anwit07 · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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GDLeahy
@GDLeahy · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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Hamzah
@Hoomza80 · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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FossilFlex™
@FossilFlex · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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Diego GO
@Saavidre · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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Marcos K. Pinheiro / "Marcos Wyvern" (Marcosaurus)
@BongMarcosaurus · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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kerokero36
@kerokero36 · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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Ivy
@Ivytherium · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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ガイス
@shitake_reverse · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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@rey66601 · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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Krishna Ray
@krishna_mangrov · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
Mar 26, 2024 · 27 shares · 954 followersView post →
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Qi Zhou 周琦
@zhouqi1982 · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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サカノ
@sakano_design · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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く@ あ(を)き
@IlIIIlllIIIIIl · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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Jhan C. Salazar
@jhancsalazar · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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マチカネ
@wolf_earth · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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ぷらしな
@yellow_monitor · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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daniel cadena
@cdanielcadena · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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Royal Society Publishing
@RSocPublishing · X
Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodile. Read the full paper - Discovery of Facultative Parthenogenesis in a New World Crocodile https://t.co/lZoXUPnQKZ #EvolutionaryBiology https://t.co/0XqjVn0nKo
Mar 25, 2024 · 109 likes · 27 shares · 38,636 followersView post →
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Voyeur de Animais Coloridos
@VColoridos · X
Discovery of facultative parthenogenesis in a new world crocodile -https://t.co/WMEdugcf3i
Mar 22, 2024 · 3 likes · 8,437 followersView post →
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piyawat
@piyawat · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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Naoto HANDA
@Nao_hnd · X
RT @RSocPublishing: Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodi…
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Royal Society Publishing
@RSocPublishing · X
Using whole-genome sequencing, this #BiologyLetters paper provides the first evidence of #parthenogenesis in a #crocodile. Read the full paper - Discovery of Facultative Parthenogenesis in a New World Crocodile https://t.co/lZoXUPnQKZ #EvolutionaryBiology https://t.co/EtteI92xPT
Jan 25, 2024 · 7 likes · 2 shares · 38,636 followersView post →
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Lady Badger
@_LadyBadger_ · X
@CreepyOrg Parthenogenisis has been happening for hundreds of millions of years.....with many species - including crocs and gators. Humans think they discover the first of everything
Finally in the number 1 spot, our most popular paper of the year is published in #BiologyLetters! It found evidence that #crocodiles can lay eggs without mating, reporting a baby crocodile to be the product of a virgin birth: https://t.co/9ihHdPBxEy #RSPopPapers https://t.co/N1rHGdNIBd
Dec 31, 2023 · 4 likes · 38,636 followersView post →
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Facultative parthenogenesis is for Crocodylia, too!
American crocodiles do it: https://t.co/1Pep3kBQVB
Dec 9, 2023 · 10 shares · 1,290 followersView post →
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Mikołaj Kaczmarski
@MrTraszka · X
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Facultative parthenogenesis is for Crocodylia, too!
American crocodiles do it: https://t.co/1Pep3kBQVB
Dec 6, 2023 · 10 shares · 425 followersView post →
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Mario
@L_ssar · X
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Facultative parthenogenesis is for Crocodylia, too!
American crocodiles do it: https://t.co/1Pep3kBQVB
Dec 6, 2023 · 10 shares · 2,860 followersView post →
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Lehman Ellis
@oyster_doctor · X
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Facultative parthenogenesis is for Crocodylia, too!
American crocodiles do it: https://t.co/1Pep3kBQVB
Dec 6, 2023 · 10 shares · 3,479 followersView post →
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Stephanie Drumheller
@UglyFossils · X
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Facultative parthenogenesis is for Crocodylia, too!
American crocodiles do it: https://t.co/1Pep3kBQVB
Dec 6, 2023 · 10 shares · 1,694 followersView post →
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Dr Steven Allain
@stevoallain · X
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Facultative parthenogenesis is for Crocodylia, too!
American crocodiles do it: https://t.co/1Pep3kBQVB
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Grimlock108
@Archosaur2000 · X
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Facultative parthenogenesis is for Crocodylia, too!
American crocodiles do it: https://t.co/1Pep3kBQVB
Dec 6, 2023 · 10 shares · 267 followersView post →
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HerpVet
@Herpvet · X
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Facultative parthenogenesis is for Crocodylia, too!
American crocodiles do it: https://t.co/1Pep3kBQVB
Dec 6, 2023 · 10 shares · 1,229 followersView post →
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Andrzej Wolniewicz
@ASWolniewicz · X
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Facultative parthenogenesis is for Crocodylia, too!
American crocodiles do it: https://t.co/1Pep3kBQVB
Dec 6, 2023 · 10 shares · 1,830 followersView post →
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@RobertBorland7 · X
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Facultative parthenogenesis is for Crocodylia, too!
American crocodiles do it: https://t.co/1Pep3kBQVB
Dec 6, 2023 · 10 shares · 955 followersView post →
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The Morrison Man | Tim
@TimVersteeg4 · X
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Facultative parthenogenesis is for Crocodylia, too!
American crocodiles do it: https://t.co/1Pep3kBQVB
Dec 6, 2023 · 10 shares · 1,141 followersView post →
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Professor John R. Hutchinson
@JohnRHutchinson · X
Facultative parthenogenesis is for Crocodylia, too!
American crocodiles do it: https://t.co/1Pep3kBQVB
Dec 6, 2023 · 51 likes · 10 shares · 14,048 followersView post →
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Royal Society Publishing
@RSocPublishing · X
The first evidence of facultative parthenogenesis in a new world crocodile | Free to access now in #BiologyLetters as part of #OAWeek23 https://t.co/oj9DurYVmO https://t.co/BaJdSxRslN
Oct 26, 2023 · 5 likes · 38,636 followersView post →
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Giuseppe Rizzo
@pepperizzo91 · X
RT @Vinay_T_V: Discovery of facultative parthenogenesis in a new world crocodile | Biology Letters https://t.co/yvDRkTTKPQ
Niepokalane Poczęcie!
Samica krokodyla w Kostarykańskim zoo zapłodniła się sama. Jej młode posiadają 99.9% jej genów. Ten akt rozmnożenia sugeruje, że dinozaury i pterozaury również mogły być zdolne do partenogenezy, jak pokazano w „Parku Jurajskim”.
[https://t.co/N55AtcRDLF] https://t.co/ALiILSSPmy
Jun 17, 2023 · 3 likes · 1,061 followersView post →
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Pere Joan Sala
@Fradbius · X
Primer cas documentat de partenogènesi facultativa en cocodrils. Aquest inusual mode de reproducció s'ha documentat en ocells, rèptils no aviaris, específicament llangardaixos i serps, i peixos elasmobranquis. https://t.co/CntVbvWg74
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3 Results *section*
The offspring was found to have identical genotypes to the mother at greater than 99.9% of her homozygous loci, demonstrating a lack of paternal alleles.
*REFERÊNCIA:
Booth et al. (2023). Discovery of facultative parthenogenesis in a new world crocodile. Biology Letters, Volume 19, Issue 6. https://t.co/XcBBQnFTOf
Jun 7, 2023 · 27 likes · 30,246 followersView post →
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Milton Tan
@mtanichthys · X
RT @JCorush: New paper!
Jun 7, 2023 · 7 shares · 5,095 followersView post →
... 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0129 Ouça a breve explicação com o Prof. Dr. Atilio. Veterinário, Mestre e Doutor em Patologia. Professor de Medicina de Animais Selvagens ...
... 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0129 Ouça a breve explicação com o Prof. Dr. Atilio. Veterinário, Mestre e Doutor em Patologia. Professor de Medicina de Animais Selvagens ...
... 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0129. Ouça a breve explicação com o Prof. Dr. Atilio. Veterinário, Mestre e Doutor em Patologia. Professor de Medicina de Animais Selvagens ...
... survival. Source: Biology Letters, Royal Society (DOI: 10.1098/rsbl. 2023.0129) Note: Image is for representation only — not the actual crocodile case.
org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0129 Imágenes: Freepik, Pixabay Esta infografía fue realizada por Deyanira Avila Solis #cocodrilos #cocodrilovirgen #partenogénesis ...
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