For the first time, scientists have managed to induce virgin birth in an animal that usually reproduces sexually: the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.
I’m no biologist, but asexual reproduction is the first and oldest form. I’ll wager there’s a mechanism to introduce a small number of random mutations in the code.
What’s the source of the difference?
I’m no biologist, but asexual reproduction is the first and oldest form. I’ll wager there’s a mechanism to introduce a small number of random mutations in the code.