Question 8

(Multiple Choice)

In whiptail lizards,only females exist.Two females court and one assumes the posture of the missing male lizard to stimulate the other female to ovulate.No fertilization can occur,so this is a case of


A)hermaphroditism.
B)bisexual reproduction.
C)parthenogenesis.
D)sexual reproduction since mating behavior is required.
E)a need for further research since only primitive animals reproduce asexually.

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