S1E6 - Let's Talk About (Not) Sex

Content Warning: References to sex and nonviable pregnancies.

Spending every moment of waking life trying to get laid has its downsides, and for some organisms, the business of reproduction is just too much of a hassle. So why bother with mating at all? If you want something done right, sometimes you just have to do it yourself. In this episode, Nicole runs down the fascinating asexual strategies of plants and animals, from self-printing bananas to all-female lizards to condor virgin birth.

Nicole's Sources:

1. Sexual Reproduction and the Evolution of Sex. Scitable.


2. Asexual Reproduction In Plants- Types and Methods. Byju’s.


3. Engelstädter J. 2008. Constraints on the evolution of asexual reproduction. Bioessays 30(11-12).


4. Osborne, M. 2022. Mice Birthed From Unfertilized Eggs for the First Time. Smithsonian Magazine.

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