The original story suggested facultative parthenogenesis as a potential explanation. In June, the aquarium where Charlotte was housed announced that she was not pregnant, but ill.

Scientists have just discovered that female American crocodiles can produce offspring without males—a phenomenon known as facultative parthenogenesis, or “virgin birth.". While parthenogenesis ...

For the first time, scientists have induced facultative parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction, in an animal that usually reproduces sexually. An estimated 76 percent of fruit flies can ...

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"Certain temperature conditions may foster all-female populations, which can be overcome through facultative parthenogenesis," he said. In other words, it's not sustainable to survive extinction.

Facultative parthenogenesis allows female sharks to produce offspring without mating, a phenomenon observed in several species. While some animals resort to parthenogenesis only in the absence of ...

Facultative parthenogenesis, which is what is being seen in these common smooth-hound sharks, allows an animal to reproduce both sexually and asexually, depending on the circumstances.

Facultative parthenogens are animals that can switch between sexual reproduction and parthenogenesis. Advertisement. One example of facultative parthenogenesis, Fujita said, ...

Facultative parthenogenesis, or virgin birth, has been found in birds, snakes and lizards. Discovering it in crocodiles makes it likely dinosaurs and all reptiles could reproduce that way, Levine ...

This type of reproduction is called facultative parthenogenesis and has been documented before in animals including birds, non-avian reptiles, specifically lizards and snakes, and certain types of ...

Related: 8 animals that have virgin births However, this is the first documented case of facultative parthenogenesis — the ability to reproduce both sexually and asexually — in this shark species.