Born vs hatched

DYER,SONIA (HP-Cupertino,ex1) sonia.dyer at hp.com
Fri May 9 01:50:45 CEST 2003


Christina wrote:
<But parthenogenesis (virgin birth) isn't that unusual 
<among animals, although I didn't find any references of it occuring 
<uninduced in mammals. In birds at least turkeys can produce live chicks, 
<all male. 

	I understand there have been a small number of documented cases of
parthenogenesis in humans, but that the child in each case was always a
sterile female.

	Sonia


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