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Scientists Finally Know How an All-Female Fish Keeps Cloning Itself


It may sound too bizarre to be true, but the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa), a fish that inhabits rivers, lakes, and swamps in Mexico and Texas, exists over much of its range in populations that are 100% female.

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