| Darevskia unisexualis | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Darevskia |
| Species: | D. unisexualis |
| Binomial name | |
| Darevskia unisexualis (Darevsky, 1966) | |
Darevskia unisexualis is a lizard species in the genus Darevskia. It is found in Armenia, Georgia, and Turkey.
D. unisexualis is capable of parthenogenetic reproduction by oogenesis in female only lineages. During the prophase I stage of meiosis homeologous chromosomes (originally inherited from two different parental species) undergo synapsis. A protein MLH1 employed in DNA mismatch repair also appears to be involved in this meiotic process.
References
- <Agasyan, A. & Ananjeva, N.B. 2009. Darevskia unisexualis (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164578A114536582. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164578A5909545.en. Downloaded on 26 May 2019.
- Darevskia unisexualis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 May 2019.
- ^ Spangenberg V, Kolomiets O, Stepanyan I, Galoyan E, de Bello Cioffi M, Martynova E, Martirosyan I, Grishaeva T, Danielyan F, Al-Rikabi A, Liehr T, Arakelyan M. Evolution of the parthenogenetic rock lizard hybrid karyotype: Robertsonian translocation between two maternal chromosomes in Darevskia rostombekowi. Chromosoma. 2020 Dec;129(3-4):275-283. doi: 10.1007/s00412-020-00744-7. Epub 2020 Oct 30. PMID 33123817
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Darevskia unisexualis | |