Asexual Reproducers: For most living things, sexual reproduction has proven the best overall strategy to perpetuate a species in the rough-and-tumble, unpredictable fray of natural selection.With ...

Why is sex so popular among plants and animals, and why isn't asexual reproduction, or cloning, a more common reproductive strategy? Skip to main content. Your source for the latest research news.

Cloning in animals refers to asexual reproduction, where an organism creates an exact genetic copy of itself. Unlike humans and most animals that require two parents for reproduction, these ...

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 ...

Green anacondas are on a lengthening list of animals able to give birth without a mate. The more animals in which biologists discover asexual reproduction, the more they are rethinking the basics ...

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 ...