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The Power of Celibacy

November 7, 2021 Outreach, Research

SoLS faculty Amber Wright talks about our local all-female gecko species, Lepidodactylus lugubris, in this BBC Discovery episode. From the podcast description, “A virgin birth may be miraculous to us, but for some species it’s a winning evolutionary strategy. Lucy Cooke meets nature’s ultimate self-cloning sisters.”

Listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csz9fs

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