Just Say No to Abuse Declaring War on Terrorism. It is the process of reproduction of viable offspring from virgin females without sex, through mitosis instead of meiosis.
Many species can reproduce without engaging in sex.
Lizards of the genus Cnemidophorus do not even have males in some species. It was once thought that females in these species had stored sperm for a long time giving the impression that they did not sexually reproduce. But when they are put in isolation, females can have clutches of eggs that weigh one third of its body weight without the presence of males. They were also thought to have both sexual organs in one individual but dissection of an asexual lizard proved otherwise. An even more bizarre fact is that fertility in these lizards increase when they engage in what is called pseudocopulation, which can take place either in isolation or in nature.