fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 days agoFor the Lizadies out there!mander.xyzimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1467arrow-down114
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minus-squareCanolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up73arrow-down1·8 days 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-up61arrow-down1·8 days agoIt’s more complicated than that! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis
minus-squareCanolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·8 days agoThat’s kind of why I said I’m not a biologist
minus-squareContramuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·8 days 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-up27·8 days 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.