To reproduce, animals need a male and female. Together they can create offspring, or babies. Some animals, such as chickens, fish and snakes, lay eggs which contain their offspring. Other animals ...

Asexual reproduction, by contrast, dispenses with the entire business of genetic sorting. Whereas sexually reproducing ...

How? These animals are among a handful of species that can choose to reproduce sexually or asexually. In other words, they can reproduce with a partner or totally on their own. This is known as ...

Animals reproduce in different ways. Some, like humans, give birth to live young. A few reproduce by budding – a new creature grows from a segment of the original animal. And many different types of ...

While most animals reproduce sexually, some species rely solely on females for parthenogenetic reproduction. Even in these species, rare males occasionally appear. Whether these males retain ...

Animal reproduction science focuses on dogs, pigs, ruminants and horses. Research on ruminant reproduction (female reproduction) has focused on three research lines: The use of the GnRH hormone for ...

The Animal Reproduction Science Group are researchers and clinicians at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Helsinki. Our group members work with all domestic animal species with a ...

An in-depth study of aspects of the physiology of reproduction and lactation in monogastric and ruminant animals. The emphasis is placed on applying the understanding of the physiological processes to ...