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The New Mexico Whiptail lizard cannot sexually reproduce because they are all females.<ref name=Hiskey>Hiskey, D. [http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/05/the-new-mexico-whiptail-lizard-is-made-up-entirely-of-females/ New Mexico Whiptail Lizards are All Females] ''Today I Found Out''. Web. Accessed February 4, 2015.</ref> <ref name=WikiTail/> <ref name=lizardm/> <ref name=State_Symbols/>. However, these lizards, simulate reproduction by way of pseudocopulation (which is when they act out sexual intercourse). The whiptails of the genus Aspidocelis <ref name=YE> Young, Edward.[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/02/21/extra-chromosomes-allow-all-female-lizards-to-reproduce-without-males/#.VNrmAF4TLY8 Extra chromosomes allow all-female lizards to reproduce without males] “discovermagazine”. Web. Accessed January 27, 2015. </ref> <ref name=nature> . Lutes, Aracely; Neaves William; Baumann Diana; Wiegraebe Winfried; Baumann Peter. | The New Mexico Whiptail lizard cannot sexually reproduce because they are all females.<ref name=Hiskey>Hiskey, D. [http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/05/the-new-mexico-whiptail-lizard-is-made-up-entirely-of-females/ New Mexico Whiptail Lizards are All Females] ''Today I Found Out''. Web. Accessed February 4, 2015.</ref> <ref name=WikiTail/> <ref name=lizardm/> <ref name=State_Symbols/>. However, these lizards, simulate reproduction by way of pseudocopulation (which is when they act out sexual intercourse). The whiptails of the genus Aspidocelis <ref name=YE> Young, Edward.[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/02/21/extra-chromosomes-allow-all-female-lizards-to-reproduce-without-males/#.VNrmAF4TLY8 Extra chromosomes allow all-female lizards to reproduce without males] “discovermagazine”. Web. Accessed January 27, 2015. </ref> <ref name=nature> . Lutes, Aracely; Neaves William; Baumann Diana; Wiegraebe Winfried; Baumann Peter. | ||
[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v464/n7286/abs/nature08818.html Sister chromosome pairing maintains heterozygosity in parthenogenetic lizards] “Nature”. Web. Accessed January 27, 2015.</ref> are lizards, created by a hybridization of the western whiptail (A. Inornatus) <ref name=lizardm/> <ref name=State_Symbols/> and the little striped whiptail (A. tigris). Generally, crossbred species (like the mule) are typically sterile. However, the New Mexico Whiptail reproduces by a complex series of events (that appear like cloning) where it's eggs require no fertilization, and its offspring are nearly a genetic duplicate of the mother.<ref name=Hiskey/> <ref name=YE/> <ref name=nature/> | [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v464/n7286/abs/nature08818.html Sister chromosome pairing maintains heterozygosity in parthenogenetic lizards] “Nature”. Web. Accessed January 27, 2015.</ref> are lizards, created by a hybridization of the western whiptail (A. Inornatus) <ref name=lizardm/> <ref name=State_Symbols/> and the little striped whiptail (A. tigris). Generally, crossbred species (like the mule) are typically sterile. However, the New Mexico Whiptail reproduces by a complex series of events (that appear like cloning) where it's eggs require no fertilization, and its offspring are nearly a genetic duplicate of the mother.<ref name=Hiskey/> <ref name=YE/> <ref name=nature/> | ||
