''Like a Virgin: How Science Is Redesigning the Rules of Sex'' is a book by the former cancer genetics researcher Aarathi Prasad exploring
virgin birth through the
whiptail lizard
Teiidae is a family of autarchoglossan lizards native to the Americas. Members of this family are generally known as whiptails or racerunners; however, tegus also belong to this family. Teiidae is sister to the Gymnopthalmidae, and both families ...
, the
stingless wasp, the
electric ant
The little fire ant (''Wasmannia auropunctata''), also known as the electric ant, is a small (approx long), light to golden brown (ginger) social ant native to Central and South America, now spread to parts of Africa (including Gabon and Camero ...
and the
Beltsville small white turkey. Prasad also explores the possibilities of virgin birth in humans and touches on
ovarian teratomas.
The book also takes a historical look of sexless reproduction and ancient stories of virgin birth.
[Kira Cochrane]
"Why sex could be history"
''The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
'', 17 August 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
See also
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Parthenogenesis
Parthenogenesis (; from the Greek grc, παρθένος, translit=parthénos, lit=virgin, label=none + grc, γένεσις, translit=génesis, lit=creation, label=none) is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which growth and development ...
, birth without fertilization
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Miraculous births
Stories of miraculous births often include conceptions by miraculous circumstances and features such as intervention by a deity, supernatural elements, astronomical signs, hardship or, in the case of some mythologies, complex plots related to ...
, virgin birth in mythology and religion
References
2012 non-fiction books
Asexual reproduction
Oneworld Publications books
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