Virgin shark got pregnant in Virginia aquarium

Friday, October 10, 2008 - 00:07 in Biology & Nature

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists using DNA testing have confirmed the second-known instance of "virgin birth" in a shark -- a female Atlantic blacktip shark named Tidbit that produced a baby without a male shark.

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