# Parthenogenic California Condors

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parthenogenic-california-condors/953475>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 29, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parthenogenic-california-condors/953475 "2021-10-29T17:20:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parthenogenic-california-condors/953475/1 "2021-10-29T17:20:04Z")

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> **[For subscribers: Surprise, California condors can reproduce without having...](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-29/surprise-california-condors-can-reproduce-without-having-sex-san-diego-zoo-reports)**
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> It’s the first time researchers have seen evidence condors can reproduce asexually, something previously seen in some insects, fish, reptiles and only rarely in birds.

Très weird. Definitely a story to follow. They’ve observed such in other fowl, but never in condors.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parthenogenic-california-condors/953475/2 "2021-10-29T17:31:12Z")

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As long as the article is paywalled, here is the study apparently instead:

> **[Facultative Parthenogenesis in California Condors](https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/112/7/569/6412509)**
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> Abstract. Parthenogenesis is a relatively rare event in birds, documented in unfertilized eggs from columbid, galliform, and passerine females with no access to

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parthenogenic-california-condors/953475/3 "2021-10-29T17:35:50Z")

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This is fascinating. Thank you for sharing.

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**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parthenogenic-california-condors/953475/4 "2021-10-29T19:52:31Z")

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Yes, thank you **silenus** and **What\_Exit**. I just started reading the OUP article and already I have a new word for my vocabulary: _parthenote_ . An alternate to ‘the H stands for haploid’.

[https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/parthenote](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/parthenote)

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**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parthenogenic-california-condors/953475/5 "2021-10-29T21:20:47Z")

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[Life, uh, finds a way](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMjQ3hA9mEA).