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For the Lizadies out there! (mander.xyz)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's more complicated than that! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's kind of why I said I'm not a biologist

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago

No, you're right. It's mentioned in the Wikipedia article that lack of genetic diversity is a large concern for obligate parthenogenic animals

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago

Was Jesus a lizard? Exhibit A: Parthenogenesis.

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