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![Komodo dragon art by American painter Gwenn Seemel](/images/2012/2012CANKomodo.jpg)
Virgin Birth (Komodo Dragon)
2012
acrylic on panel
10 x 10 inches
Certain girls can make boy babies without ever having had sex with boys.
The female komodo dragon can produce male offspring without the contribution of a male. Because the female komodo dragon has ZW sex chromosomes and the male has ZZ, a female can lay eggs with just one Z chromosome and that egg will eventually develop into the ZZ of a male.
And some girls can control the development of babies.
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![wildlife painting by French artist Gwenn Seemel](/images/2012/2012CANKomodoD.jpg)