Some animals are able to reproduce without a partner. In the animal kingdom, this unique process is known as parthenogenesis.

The domestic banana that we eat is an asexual clone ... the normal process of genetic shuffling that occurs during sexual reproduction but by mutations within a clone that are vegetatively ...

The alternation between sexual and asexual reproduction provides aphids with both the benefits of rapid population growth and genetic diversity. The marbled crayfish (Procambarus virginalis) has one ...