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Recent Examples of unisexual These disadvantages predict that unisexual species should go extinct within at most 100,000 generations. Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024 This provides both benefits and pitfalls for the less-mobile unisexual females. Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017 Not unisexual mole salamanders, which reproduce primarily by cloning and sometimes snatch other species' sperm to kickstart their reproductive systems. Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017 But there’s also a related variety of all-female salamanders, usually referred to just as unisexual Ambystoma. Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017 One clue is that unisexual Ambystoma salamanders steal DNA from the sperm of other salamander species left lying around. National Geographic, 10 May 2016 Not unisexual mole salamanders, which reproduce primarily by cloning and sometimes snatch other species' sperm to kickstart their reproductive systems. Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 13 Jan. 2017
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  • Whether sophisticated and androgynous or soft and gamine, the best pixie cut can be adapted and styled to suit any individual mood.
    Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The collection of paintings have a sense of magical realism and depict androgynous figures such as Élan, Espoir, Charmeur, Chagrin, Résonance, Allusion, Protection, Possession, and Shadow.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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  • New York Men’s Day, which will celebrate its 24th season this fall, will highlight men’s and genderless designers at its showcase, generally held on the first day of New York Fashion Week.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Ever since best human actor became one big genderless category — 20 lead actors and 20 supporting actors — handicapping the contest has gotten damn near impossible.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025

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“Unisexual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unisexual. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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