Scientists confirm shark's ‘virgin birth’

Friday, October 10, 2008 - 01:07 in Biology & Nature

In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female Atlantic blacktip shark in the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center contained no genetic material from a male.

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