🪰👩🔬 Scientists discover the DNA code for virgin birth, and can switch on the ability in flies 🧬🔬
For the first time, scientists have managed to induce virgin birth in an animal that usually reproduces sexually: the fruit flyOnce induced in this fruit fly, this ability is passed on through the generations: the offspring can reproduce either sexually if there are males around, or by virgin birth if there aren't.
The offspring of a virgin birth are not exact clones of their mother but are genetically very similar, and are always female.
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