Peculiar find

[Zephyr]

This is a P. surinamensis individual with the jigsaw deformity. If these are parthenogenic, how could this happen?

 

[Ralph]

Poor little roach! What stage is it (how long has it been living like that)? I don't have a clue how it happened, maybe damage in the egg causes it. :huh:

 

[Zephyr]

Poor little roach! What stage is it (how long has it been living like that)? I don't have a clue how it happened, maybe damage in the egg causes it. :huh:

It's looks to be at the last instar before adult.

 

[Allpet Roaches]

That deformity is also found in millipedes, pseudoscorpions and possibly every segmented invertebrate. It may not be genetic, however, arthropods that reproduce through parthenogenesis aren't perfect genetic replicas.

 

[BugmanPrice]

Is this a type of Hox mutation? Is there a name for this phenotype variance besides "jigsaw"? I'd like to find out more about this.

That deformity is also found in millipedes, pseudoscorpions and possibly every segmented invertebrate. It may not be genetic, however, arthropods that reproduce through parthenogenesis aren't perfect genetic replicas.

 

[Zephyr]

So will this lady produce normal or odd young?

 

[Zephyr]

She's an adult now, and I'm waiting on babies hopefully.

 

[BugmanPrice]

Keep us updated I'm excited!!!

 

[DrSnake]

Keep us updated I'm excited!!!

Likely she will produce normal young as the defect would be unlikely to be genetic in origin.

 

[Zephyr]

Babies were produced a month ago.

Waiting for them to get bigger...