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Thursday, May 24, 2007

Shark has ‘Virgin Birth’

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BBC: Female hammerhead sharks can reproduce without having sex, scientists confirm.

The evidence comes from a shark at Henry Doorly Zoo in Nebraska which gave birth to a pup in 2001 despite having had no contact with a male.

Genetic tests by a team from Belfast, Nebraska and Florida prove conclusively the young animal possessed no paternal DNA, Biology Letters journal reports. Captive shark had virgin birth (more)

BBC AUDIO:
Captive shark's virgin birth

Mark Alexander