See the Komodo Dragon tale
The tale explains the concept of parthenogenesis, which is simply put, "virginal birth".
There are two interesting types in this :
1. Cloning, where the offspring is genetically identical to the parent
2. Selfing. where a female may produce two sets of chromosomes that mate. One set would behave like a sperm.
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Looks like a story tailor-made for a pixar movie. Sort of like a toy-story / finding-nemo mashup. -satyakam
See the Komodo Dragon tale The tale explains the concept of parthenogenesis, which is simply put, "virginal birth". There are two interesting types in this : 1. Cloning, where the offspring is genetically identical to the parent 2. Selfing. where a female may produce two sets of chromosomes that mate. One set would behave like a sperm.