A female Komodo dragon named Charlie, under the care of Tennessee’s Chattanooga Zoo, ... In parthenogenesis, an egg is fertilized using another egg, rather than sperm from a male of the species.

Charlie, the female Komodo dragon, gave birth to her three hatchlings through parthenogenesis Talk about a strong, independent woman. Charlie, a female Komodo dragon that lives at the Chattanooga ...

Two other known cases in which Komodo dragons hatched by parthenogenesis were at the London and Chester zoos in England in 2006. The zoo in Wichita is having DNA testing done to document the ...

(CNN) — Charlie, a female Komodo dragon at the Chattanooga Zoo in Tennessee, has proved to be the ultimate independent lady after successfully giving birth to three hatchlings without a male ...

She's Flora, the Komodo dragon. ... A more detailed understanding of parthenogenesis might even accelerate research into stem cells or allow certain diseases to be modeled in the laboratory.

The Komodo dragon, a venomous giant lizard native to Indonesian islands, faces endangerment with fewer than 6,000 remaining. Known for its deadly bite and unique parthenogenesis reproduction, this ...

Flora the Komodo dragon walks around her enclosure Dec. 18, 2006, at Chester Zoo in Chester, ... One way parthenogenesis can occur is when a female’s egg fuses with another cell, ...

Within the Nature Portfolio body of work, several seminal studies have provided keen insights into the phenomenon of parthenogenesis. Research on Komodo dragons initially shed light on the ...

A female Komodo dragon with no male partner gave birth to three hatchlings. By CNN. March 9, 2020. ... named Onyx, Jasper and Flint, on her own through a phenomenon called parthenogenesis.

The first-time mother produced the three brothers, named Onyx, Jasper and Flint, on her own through a phenomenon called parthenogenesis, which is extremely rare among vertebrates.