Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Parthenogenesis

Students at Carl Hayden Community High School were stunned when a baby shark appeared in one of their fish tanks.

This type of birth is known as parthenogenesis, in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new pup, said Lajvardi, program manager for the Carl Hayden Center for Marine Science.

- Arizona Republic/azcentral (read full story here)

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