fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 months agoFor the Lizadies out there!mander.xyzexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1442arrow-down114
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minus-squareCano@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69arrow-down1·10 months agoAll fun and games until they all go extinct because their environment had a slight variation and they could not adapt to it because they’re all clones with the same genes ^I’m not a biologist please don’t kill me
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57arrow-down1·10 months agoIt’s more complicated than that! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis
minus-squareCano@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·10 months agoThat’s kind of why I said I’m not a biologist
minus-squareContramuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·10 months agoNo, you’re right. It’s mentioned in the Wikipedia article that lack of genetic diversity is a large concern for obligate parthenogenic animals
minus-squaremassive_bereavement@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up27·10 months agoWas Jesus a lizard? Exhibit A: Parthenogenesis. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
All fun and games until they all go extinct because their environment had a slight variation and they could not adapt to it because they’re all clones with the same genes
^I’m not a biologist please don’t kill me
It’s more complicated than that! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis
That’s kind of why I said I’m not a biologist
No, you’re right. It’s mentioned in the Wikipedia article that lack of genetic diversity is a large concern for obligate parthenogenic animals
Was Jesus a lizard? Exhibit A: Parthenogenesis.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.