Forced to reproduce without males? In November 2021, National Geographic Chinese released the latest scientific study showing that a female bird can reproduce autonomously without the help of male genes......
In November 2021, in the Journal of Genetics of the National Geographic Chinese website, researchers revealed a bird that can reproduce autonomously, which is the California divine eagle.
As early as the eighties of the last century, this bird was almost on the verge of extinction, and there were only 22 left in the world, which is sad to think about.
However, it is in this adversity that some California vulture mother birds do not need males to reproduce their offspring on their own!
Scientists believe that this kind of thing is no accident. Because they found out in another investigation that there were two male California condors, and they didn't even have their father's genetics. Scientists say this phenomenon is called parthenogenesis, but this skill is only available in a few cases, such as the Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard, which can live normally without males.
However, this ability of "parthenogenesis" is not the inherent skill of the California vultures, but the ability they are forced out! After all, there are only 22 of them left in the entire species, and their survival has become a problem, where is there time to pass on their ancestry?
But fortunately, this skill of the California Condor is definitely a relief for conservation work! However, the birds born in this way have a short lifespan, and most of them do not survive to adulthood, so only with reasonable human protection can the last hope of the population be saved!
