Copperhead parthenogenesis to appear in textbook

 

Researchers from the textbook publisher Pearson Education contacted The Copperhead Institute for permission to use the photo below in their textbook section on parthenogenesis in animals. The textbook title is called A-Level Biology for Edexcel Book 1 (9781447976547) and is due to be published in February 2015. You can read more about the discovery of facultative parthenogenesis in wild vertebrates here