Female sharks reproduce asexually
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•Sharks in an Italian aquarium keep having 'virgin birth' after years without males
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Two female smooth-hound sharks at an aquarium in Italy keep reproducing on their own with no males involved.
This is the first documented case of facultative parthenogenesis in this shark species.
Parthenogenesis means "virgin birth," in Greek and describes when an egg develops into an offspring without fertilization.
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