In many instances, facultative parthenogenesis – the ability of organisms that normally reproduce sexually to also reproduce asexually – results in offspring with genome-wide homozygosity.

Sharks, rays, and other chondrichthyans have evolved a remarkable range of reproductive strategies, allowing them to thrive for hundreds of millions of years. Two particularly unusual ...

Facultative parthenogens are animals that can switch between sexual reproduction and parthenogenesis. One example of facultative parthenogenesis, Fujita said, is seen among female sharks in ...

In 2021, scientists documented the first case of facultative parthenogenesis in the California kingsnake, expanding the list of snake families known to exhibit this capability. Another groundbreaking ...

In 2021, scientists documented the first case of facultative parthenogenesis in the California kingsnake, expanding the list of snake families known to exhibit this capability. Another groundbreaking ...

The article highlights ten non-venomous snakes. These snakes thrive using skills like constriction and camouflage. Rough Green Snake, Milk Snake, and Common Garter Snake are among them. Indian ...

An invasive tick species in Connecticut has been found to carry the bacteria that can cause ehrlichiosis in humans, a discovery that has alarmed state medical entemologists as the tick continues ...

They do this through a process called parthenogenesis, where the queen produces offspring without mating. Because of this, all the ants in the colony are female and genetically identical to the queen.

Herland imagined a feminist utopia where society is free from men and asexual reproduction (via parthenogenesis) is the norm. In her parody, Namjoshi plays dialectic ping-pong, commenting on both ...

General relativity says that when two massive objects such as black holes or neutron stars fly past each other, gravitational interactions will change their trajectories and gravitational waves ...