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[-] Cano@lemm.ee 72 points 4 months ago

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

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 60 points 4 months ago

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

[-] Cano@lemm.ee 38 points 4 months ago

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

[-] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 40 points 4 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

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 27 points 4 months ago

Was Jesus a lizard? Exhibit A: Parthenogenesis.

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