Parthenogenesis is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which growth and development of embryos occurs without fertilization by sperm. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance on Thursday announced ...
Some animals can produce offspring from an unfertilized egg in an asexual reproduction process known as parthogenesis. When this is the standard process for a species it's said to be 'obligate' and ...
'Amazon' algae shed light on what happens to populations when females switch to asexual reproduction
Researchers at Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen and Kobe University discovered populations of female brown algae that reproduce from unfertilized gametes and thrive without males. In a study ...
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) Why are most organisms sexual? The question of why most species reproduce sexually and others reproduce asexually has stymied biologists for years (particularly since asexual ...
At the Chester Zoo in England, a female Komodo dragon has become pregnant without the help of a male. It's only the second time the asexual reproduction process known as parthenogenesis has occurred ...
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