Through genetic testing, zoo scientists discovered the newly hatched female, born on Aug. 24, 2016, had been produced through a reproductive mode called parthenogenesis. Parthenogenesis is a Greek ...

THE development of biology into an experimental science is nowhere better illustrated than in the important researches on artificial parthenogenesis which we owe largely to Jacques Loeb ...

This unusual phenomenon, known as parthenogenesis or 'virgin birth', continues to perplex scientists and captivate nature enthusiasts alike. Produced by Natalia Guerrero & Sanjana Bhambhani ...

However, in the animal kingdom (especially in vertebrates, where sexual reproduction is the norm) there are rare instances of “virgin births,” or parthenogenesis. Parthenogenesis is a type of ...

For mammals, female self-sufficiency is not an option when it comes to reproduction. Parthenogenesis, asexual reproduction, is precluded by the need for two separate genomes with individual ...

He has been studying virgin births, known scientifically as parthenogenesis, for 11 years. Dr Booth analysed the foetus and found that it was more than 99.9 % genetically identical to its mother ...

These stories celebrate success, uncover a spark of hope, share a new idea, or might just make you feel good about Planet Earth. Cat Kutz The gray wolf has hunted to near-extinction in North ...

Geneticist Aarathi Prasad explores the natural phenomenon known as parthenogenesis, or virgin birth. Thanks to a breakthrough in DNA profiling, scientists have found that some species, including ...

Or she can lay eggs without having mated, through a sort of virgin birth process called parthenogenesis. In 2006 at England’s Chester Zoo, a female named Flora, who’d had no male contact ...

Failed experiments as a student didn’t deter him - Azim Surani has spent his entire career trying to understand early mammalian development. This year marks the 40th anniversary of his discovery of ...

The females of many complex and large animals, such as lizards, sharks or Komodo dragons, are able to reproduce without males, in a process called “parthenogenesis”. The term comes from Greek ...

Humans have the birds and the bees to explain the ins and outs of reproduction, but for our slithering friends, the process is far more intriguing. So, how do snakes reproduce?