Reproduction in the animal world can be complicated at the best of times. But far from the flashy birds or mammals competing ...

Life cycles require the creation of an autonomous individual, that individual’s growth and that individual’s reproduction In sexual reproduction, gametes containing a single set of chromosomes combine ...

Some animals can produce offspring from an unfertilized egg in an asexual reproduction process known as parthogenesis. When this is the standard process for a species it's said to be 'obligate' and ...

What are some animals that give birth to huge numbers of offspring at once?” (Watch a female sea urchin produce millions of eggs.) The mola, or ocean sunfish, looks like an animal cracker someone bit ...

The intensification of livestock production systems is a prerequisite to meet the growing demand for animal products. Genetic selection, assisted reproductive technologies and optimized reproduction ...

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Wildlife species throughout the world are contending with both chemical pollutants and invasive species. In a newly published ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Horse breeding is well-known to be one of the traditional means of subsistence for the Sakha (Yakut) of Siberia. Existing research, however, ...

In the future, the roasted pork shoulder or the slices of seasoned country ham you eat may well come from gene-hacked pigs. At least that’s what the scientists at animal genetics outfit Genus hope ...