Aquaculture is one of the most efficient modes of animal protein production and plays an
important role in global food security. Aquaculture animals exhibit extraordinarily diverse …

Aristotle made important contributions to the study of developmental biology, including the
complete metamorphosis of insects. One concept in particular, that of the perfect or complete …

Covering diverse species from garter snakes to Komodo dragons, this book delves into the
evolutionary origins and fascinating details of the mysterious social lives of reptiles. Reptiles …

The evolution of the placenta was transformative. It changed how offspring are fed during
gestation from depositing all the resources into an egg to continually supplying resources …

Abstract Changes from sexual reproduction to female-producing parthenogenesis
(thelytoky) have great evolutionary and ecological consequences, but how many times …

Parthenogenesis is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which embryos develop in the
absence of fertilisation. Most commonly found in plants and invertebrate organisms, an …

Simple Summary Polyploidization, or whole-genome duplication (WGD), represents a
dramatic event in evolution. Although its occurrence is much rarer in animals than in plants …

Facultative parthenogenesis (FP) is widespread in the animal kingdom. In vertebrates it was
first described in poultry nearly 70 years ago, and since then reports involving other taxa …

This communication approaches the Mahabharata through the prism of reproductive
endocrinology. Descriptions of episodes related to reproduction are listed here, to provide …

Parthenogenesis, the development of unfertilized eggs resulting in the exclusive production
of female offspring, is rare in animals relative to sexual reproduction and is mainly reported …