Studies on the Unisexual Reptiles by and since I.S. Darevskyстатья
Информация о цитировании статьи получена из
Scopus
Статья опубликована в журнале из списка Web of Science и/или Scopus
Дата последнего поиска статьи во внешних источниках: 23 января 2026 г.
Аннотация:Abstract—Reproduction without males is common among various animal taxa; however, it is rarely encoun-tered in vertebrates. The discovery of obligate parthenogenesis, which does not require the participation ofmales for reproduction, by Ilya Sergeevich Darevsky, has contributed significantly to the development of evo-lutionary biology. In the middle of the last century, I.S. Darevsky and his colleagues defined the main direc-tions of research on this phenomenon, thanks to which unisexual species of rock and whiptail lizards, geckos,and skinks became the focus of attention for biologists studying the fundamental questions of species evolu-tion. The pioneers of parthenogenesis in vertebrates have made significant progress in these studies; however,methodological approaches that have emerged in recent years allow answering the questions related to theorigin and evolution of unisexual vertebrates. In this review, we present the achievements and results in eachdirection of research conducted by I.S. Darevsky and his colleagues. In addition, we outline new ideas andmention the latest discoveries in the field of research on unisexual reptile species made after I.S. Darevskyhad passed. In the concluding part of the work, we outline a range of tasks that require solutions in the future.