Posted on 12/21/2022 7:20:20 AM PST by Red Badger
Researchers at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium documented the case of a female zebra shark who hatched pups from eggs that were fertilized with her own genetic material. Photo courtesy of the Shedd Aquarium/Brenna Hernandez Dec. 20 (UPI) -- The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago said researchers were stunned when they discovered a female zebra shark had hatched pups without any genetic material from a male.
The aquarium said the female shark, nicknamed Bubbles, hatched pups in the tank she shares with multiple other adult zebra sharks, and the babies were originally believed to have been fathered by a male shark in the tank.
Genetic testing was performed on the pups as part of research related to a breeding program for the species and the researchers were stunned to discover Bubbles was the sole parent of the baby sharks, having reproduced via parthenogenesis, or "virgin birth," where a female will fertilize eggs with her own genetic material.
The aquarium said zebra sharks have been known to reproduce asexually on rare occasions, but it was believed to be a response to a lack of available male mates.
"This discovery throws a wrench in what we thought we knew about how and why parthenogenesis happens, and it illustrates a key aspect of science: we're continually learning," Kevin Feldhim, a researcher at Chicago's Field Museum, said in a Shedd Aquarium news release.
Feldhim co-authored a study on the case, published in the Journal of Fish Biology.
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Oh, good. We need more sharks.
What about the Jets?
Sharks with no father - not going there
“Life…finds a way.”
Dr. Ian Malcolm
Anyone know the whereabouts of hunter biden at that time?
These fatherless sharks will be doomed to a life in prison...........oh, wait, they already are in prison..................
With some crack-ho...............
If women figure out how to do that, we’re done for.
Gays rejoice.
I never can remember which side is which................
>> hatched pups from eggs that were fertilized with her own genetic material
The Unholy Grail of every feminist and lezbo!!! LOL.
Did three wise dolphins show up?
Occams razor
It was one of the males in the tank, and their tests are faulty.
Probably only a matter of time before it becomes reality.
And hopefully that’s when God comes out and says, “Ok, everybody, out of the pool!”
It’s Chicago. The sharks are just mimicing the local population.
Fins to the left, Fins to the right....
*mimicking
No, but some Shepherd Sharks did..................
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