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May 26, 08:00 AM: Jesus Shark?
Hammerhead Shark Gave “Virgin Birth” in Omaha Zoo
Stefan Lovgren for National Geographic News (May 24, 2007)
A hammerhead shark born in a Nebraska zoo in 2001 was the result of a so-called virgin birth, new DNA evidence shows.
The finding marks the first confirmed case of a female shark fertilizing her own eggs and giving birth without sperm from a male, a process known as parthenogenesis.
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Parthenogenesis is seen to occur naturally in aphids, Daphnia, rotifers, nematodes and some other invertebrates, as well as in many plants.