I don't know whether or not Heather does, but apparently Mickey has two mommies.

Kono, in an email, said the procedure might be useful with animals for agricultural and scientific purposes. When asked if he saw any reason to produce human babies this way, he dismissed the question as "senseless."

Some lizards and many other animals reproduce with only maternal genes, but mammals do not. Lab experiments in mice had produced embryos and fetuses, but no successful births.

Actually, for reasons stated in the article, this doesn't mean that human parthenogenesis is just around the corner, but I suspect that it is inevitable. At some point, we're going to have to work out the sociological implications.

There is a new book out dealing with the Y (male) chromosome in humans. I don't know the title but saw it reviewed recently. Apparently there is a mammal that does not have a Y chromosome and yet still manages to produce males. I forget what it is. The book deals with various aspects of the Y chromosome in humans, including the fact that it is gradually becoming rarer. The author predicts that it will disappear in 5000 years, but apparently most biologists think that the real number is millions of years. The reviewer said that the author raises many interesting ideas, but really stretches too far with some of his theories.