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How does this all-female species reproduce? - Susana Freitas and Darren Parker

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Explore the science of parthenogenesis, a form of reproduction which allows animals to develop an embryo without fertilization. In 2021, workers at a Sardinian aquarium were stunned by the birth of a smooth-hound shark. What was shocking was that, for the last decade, the shark s mother had been living only with other females. So, how was this birth possible? And can other species reproduce this way? Susana Freitas and Darren Parker explore the phenomenon of asexual reproduction known as parthenogenesis. Jessica: Reminds me of a moment in Journey to the West when the gang meets the Kingdom of Women. Tripataka and Pigsy end up pregnant while Monkey and Sandy have to find a plan B (hehe.
Date: 2023-04-06

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Comments and reviews: 4

FinalCPU
This would be an. 'intriguing' (and ethically/genetically dubious) way to have human-made hybrids like mules and ligers reproduce.
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Fnoigy
This is also why bananas keep going extinct. They're all clones, and without genetic diversity, keep succumbing to the same disease
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_Paws_
Is it a stretch to think that the first life reproduced pathogenetically? Those that survived became everything that remains today.
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popescu
oh so this explains why one of my testicles is swollen: i must be pregnant with my own child but i'm not sure how will i give birth
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