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Virgin births from parthenogenesis: How females from some species can reproduce without males

  • Written by Mercedes Burns, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Virgin births from parthenogenesis: How females from some species can reproduce without malesGetting 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 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...

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