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Are males truly essential for reproduction? Female birds, reptiles and sharks living in captivity have sometimes surprised their keepers by giving birth even though, as far as anyone can remember, they have never been housed with a male. Scientists used DNA analysis to solve this mystery some time ago, showing that these offspring were produced by asexual reproduction, a process called parthenogenesis, or \u201cvirgin birth.\u201d Although these events have captured tremendous public interest, it was unknown if this ever occurred in wild populations of these animals.\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-391663","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCritically Endangered Ocean Giant is Reproducing Without Sex in the Wild - Revolution<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Are males truly essential for reproduction? 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