There are, however, rare examples of asexual species that reproduce by cloning. Each offspring is genetically identical to the parent, with little variation generation after generation.

Scientists discovered a massive clone specimen of seaweed a known as bladderwrack along the coast of Sweden, stretching some 310 miles. Bladderwrack can propagate both sexually and asexually, and ...

Several states — like Arkansas and Michigan — have implemented explicit bans on all forms of human cloning.

Those outlier liaisons gave whiptails robust heterozygosity, which has been preserved by the identical replication—essentially, cloning—that occurs in asexual reproduction. It’s a genetic ...

The findings contrast with previous studies of cloning in animals. Ryder ... Genetic and phenotypical analyses found that the asexual species alive today is just as fit as similar, sexual species, ...

This course explores the evolution of sexual reproduction as an alternative to nature's original means of propagating genes (asexual cloning). We'll explore why sex evolved, weighing the benefits and ...

They do not have to invest time and energy finding a mate. Asexual individuals can pass on their genes twice as fast as those reproducing sexually, because they pass on all their genes -- and only ...

Although this super female’s asexual survival mechanism has allowed it to propagate throughout the Baltic, it could also be the cause of its downfall. Compared to sexual reproduction ...