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Scientists: Virginia shark's pup a 'virgin birth'

A blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus is shown in this March 2008 file photo in the Indian Ocean off Aliwal Shoal South Africa. Scientists have confirmed the second case of a virgin birth in a shark. In a report in The Journal of Fish Biology scient ...
A blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, is shown in this March 2008 file photo in the Indian Ocean off Aliwal Shoal, South Africa. Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark. In a report in The Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female Atlantic blacktip shark in the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center contained no genetic material from a male. (AP Photo/Institute for Ocean Conservation Science/Matthew D. Potenski)
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(AP) -- Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark. In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female Atlantic blacktip shark in the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center contained no genetic material from a male.



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Posted by googleplex 10/10/08 11:02
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Anyone else remember Jeff Goldblum saying this in Jerrasic Park about dinosaurs. Never underestimate the adaptability of living things. Cool that he turned out to be correct, afterall sharks are a living dinosaur.
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Posted by deatopmg 10/10/08 11:07
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neat! - humans (well, one) can do it, snakes too, now sharks. Will wonders never cease!
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Posted by itistoday 10/10/08 11:29
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neat! - humans (well, one) can do it


Hehe, that's cute...
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Posted by thales 10/10/08 15:35
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I wonder if these "scientists" even considered that the baby shark could have been the Son of God, come to save the blacktips.
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Posted by bmcghie 10/11/08 00:35
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^ Maybe, except it would have to be the daughter of god. Sharks use an XY chromosome system to determine sex, same as humans.
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Posted by thales 10/13/08 16:19
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bmcghie, don't try to limit God. ;)
 

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