It is generally believed that sexual reproduction leads to fewer harmful genetic mutations than asexual reproduction. In their new study, Maldonado and his co-authors tested this theory by ...

Asexual reproduction usually leads to a lack of genetic diversity. ... This finding highlights the usefulness of studying species with unusual reproductive biology, Lacy says, ...

Jose Maldonado, a UTA doctoral student in biology, ... Parthenogenesis is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which growth and development of embryos occur without fertilization by sperm.

A team led by biologists at The University of Texas at Arlington has published a study supporting the theory that species that reproduce asexually have more harmful genetic mutations than those ...

Among vertebrates, or animals with backbones, asexual reproduction is more rare. However, California condors, New Mexico whiptail lizards and certain fish all reproduce via a process known as ...

In 2006, workers at two British zoos were shocked to find that their female Komodo dragons had given birth despite being isolated from males. One of them went on to mate with a male, showing how ...

Studies by scientists at the UC, Santa Barbara show that sexual reproduction wins out, in an evolutionary sense, over asexual reproduction in a major study that included 34 experiments with the ...

All the latest science news on asexual reproduction from Phys.org. Find the latest ... Researchers at Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen and Kobe University discovered populations of ...

M. Smithii ALEX WILD. Birds do it. Bees do it. But until now, no one thought the fungus farming ant did it. Documenting genetic variations and the presence of sperm, however, researchers have found ...

For nearly 130 years, traditional perceptions hold that asexual reproduction generates clone-like offspring and sexual reproduction leads to more diverse offspring. "In reality, however, the ...

An intriguing new theory of evolutionary biology says the reason sexual reproduction may be so successful is that it promotes genes that work well in combination with many other genes. This idea ...

Why are most organisms sexual? The question of why most species reproduce sexually and others reproduce asexually has stymied biologists for years (particularly since asexual reproduction has many ...