Reproduction in animals varies from species to species. Some types of reproduction, like parthenogenesis, are more unusual ...

Take the evolution of sex, for instance. To make the move from asexual to sexual reproduction, nature took a system by which parent cells reproduced simply by dividing (asexual reproduction ...

But before the eggs form, Baumann’s team discovered, the females’ cells gain twice the usual ... cloning—that occurs in asexual reproduction. It’s a genetic-diversity advantage that ...

Prokaryotes, which include bacteria and single-celled microorganisms called Archaea, usually pass their chromosomal DNA on to their offspring asexually. In other words, a bacterial cell reproduces ...

Some plants can also reproduce without an egg cell being fertilised to produce a seed. Instead, these plants produce an identical copy of themselves. This type of reproduction is known as asexual ...

While some species of lizards and snakes can create new life via asexual reproduction ... a number of limitations in stem cell and regenerative medicine research,” said Li in a press release.

During asexual reproduction, a portion of the parent coral either breaks ... all of the corals in a reef sync up to release their reproductive cells at once, which can then merge in the water. Eggs ...

Microbiologists at Kiel University (CAU) have now shown that the asexual reproduction of the moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) is largely regulated by bacterial metabolites. Beta-carotene ...

Take the evolution of sex, for instance. To make the move from asexual to sexual reproduction, nature took a system by which parent cells reproduced simply by dividing (asexual reproduction ...