Wild sawfish have "virgin births," essentially cloning themselves

Normally, vertebrates reproduce the newfangled way: sexually. However, in certain conditions, some female vertebrates have been known to reproduce asexually, without any males being involved. A group of researchers tracking the smalltooth sawfish in Florida have made the surprising discovery of seven individual sawfish, all with DNA that suggests they each have only one parent—their mother.
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