Assertion: parthenogenesis | /r/HasProperty | extreme form of inbreeding
Facets:
value: essentially
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Since virgin birth is essentially an extreme form of inbreeding, "there was a general feeling that vertebrate parthenogenesis was a curiosity that didn't usually lead to viable offspring," study co-author Gregg Poulakis of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, who led field collections of the sawfish, said in a statement.