Thelytokous parthenogenesis, that is, the production of diploid daughters from unfertilized eggs, may involve various cytological mechanisms, each having a different impact on the genetic structure of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getting the job done. A female Asian water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus) produced a daughter (left) without the assistance of a ...

A boa constrictor in the U.K. gave birth to 14 babies — without a mate. Is it a miracle? The result of a secret rendezvous? Probably not. Females of species have the ability to reproduce asexually, ...

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For 16 years, a female crocodile lived alone in a wildlife park in Costa Rica — until one day, more than a dozen eggs mysteriously appeared in her enclosure. 'Virgin births' have been widely ...

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The news that a female shark at an Italian aquarium gave birth without having mated with a male first was widely reported. But how rare is a "virgin birth" in sharks? Scientists at the Cala Gonone ...

In a surprising development in marine biology, recurrent parthenogenesis has been documented for the first time in the shark Mustelus mustelus, also known as the common smooth-hound. This discovery, ...

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An Asian water dragon hatched from an egg at the Smithsonian National Zoo, and her keepers were shocked. Why? Her mother had never been with a male water dragon. Through genetic testing, zoo ...