Shark virgin births continue for generations

• Autores: Andy Coghlan
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3056, 2016, pág. 12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Virgin births are far more common than people thought and can continue for multiple generations. These two surprising findings are overturning everything they knew about parthenogenesis. Now, for the first time, researchers have seen an individual born through parthenogenesis go on to have its own virgin birth. The finding was made by following a captive female whitespotted bamboo shark. Genetic testing revealed her offspring had no father, and one of these then went on to have her own pups by parthenogenesis