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Also known as: Pristis pectinata

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In 2015 the smalltooth sawfish (P. pectinata) was observed to have the ability to reproduce via parthenogenesis (a condition in which an unfertilized egg develops into an embryo). The species was one of the first vertebrate groups found to be capable of parthenogenesis in the wild. The strategy…
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