Getting the job done. A female Asian water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus) produced a daughter (left) without the assistance of a male. Skip Brown/Smithsonian’s National Zoo An Asian water dragon ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- At six and a half feet long zebra sharks are one of the largest species at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. The endangered animals, which are native to Indonesia, have been a fixture at the ...
The phenomenon, known as facultative parthenogenesis, might help endangered populations stay afloat FEMALE sharks are having babies with no males in sight – and scientists say the bizarre behavior ...
A 'virgin birth' may sound like something found only in the Bible – but it's actually one of nature's real-life miracles. Known by scientists as 'parthenogenesis', this natural form of asexual ...
A virgin birth might sound miraculous, but in some animals, this marvel is all natural. Certain animals like sharks and snakes are capable of producing healthy offspring without ever mating, through a ...
In 1995, a boy made medical history when scientists learned he was partly the product of parthenogenesis — a process that occurs when an offspring results from an unfertilized egg. More than two ...
Parthenogenesis, the process of virgin birth, was in the news this week after scientists published a paper on the discovery of the phenomenon in sharks. Sharks aren't the only animals that reproduce ...
Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) and parthenogenesis are alternative forms of reproduction and development, building new life cycles on differentiated somatic cell nuclei and duplicated maternal ...
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 ...
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