Assisted breeding?
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:56 am
by scaredofbees
I found this paper on what basically amounts to artificial insemination in lizards and was wondering if anyone outside of Australia has used this method on any members of Tiliqua with any success...
http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_5/Issu ... l_2010.pdf
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:40 pm
by cguarino30
pretty cool. Definitely not a technique for the average hobbyist to try. I can only imagine how much damage you could do to a bluey if you tried to extract sperm with a glass pipette.
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:49 pm
by Katrina
I know this idea has been discussed before as a possible way to get new DNA out of Australia. I'm not sure if this has ever been tried with BTS, it definitely is an interesting possibility. Thanks for posting the article, I had heard of it but hadn't read the article before.