Presentation Title: “An Introduction to Environmental Sex Determination from the Perspective of Behavioral Ecology” Written by Ingrid Schoonover and presented at American University in the Fall of 2021. GSD versus...
Literature Awareness Challenge #1 - A review and discussion of “Genomic Basis of Convergent Island Phenotypes in Boa Constrictors” Ingrid Schoonover CHEM-465-001 September 27, 2020 Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6836717/ I wanted to learn...
Geography Boa imperator is native to Colombia, on the western side of the Andes Mountain Range. Temperature This region of Colombia has relatively stable annual temperatures. During the warmest...
General Characteristics Gaboon vipers are very large vipers reaching 3.9 to 7.2 feet (1.2 to 2.2 m) in length as adults and weighing up to 22 pounds (10 kg). Their...
Implications and Solutions of the Reptile Trade Ingrid Schoonover 1 May 2019 Implications and Solutions for the International Trade in Reptile Species Abstract Over the last decade, a trend of...
The Hypermelanistic mutation causes an increase in black pigmentation resulting from a high quantity of melanophores. This mutation is not well studied so the genetic inheritance is unknown, it originates...
The Aztec mutation was discovered in a school classroom and the genetics are still being explored. The mutation results in the saddles of the boa to fuse to form blocks...
The Square Tail mutation results in the thinning of the boa’s saddles which connect laterally forming thin lines down either side of the animal. The space between the saddles forming...
The Striped mutation results in the boa’s saddles fusing to form a stripe which can run from the head into the tail, however the degree of striping is highly variable....
The Arabesque mutation results in the thinning of saddles which connect forming lateral stripes running down either side of the boa constrictor, a beige body coloration, and a dark tail...