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minus-squareKhanzarate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoNah. That one was dinosaurs changed gender to male, citing the frog DNA they completed the chain with as having that potential. So what was supposed to be an all-female park to prevent reproduction became co-ed and then nature happened.
minus-squareCaboose12000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year agoI’m still confused on the difference Edit: thank you to everyone who replied, I understand the difference now
minus-squarelakemalcom10@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoParthenogenesis - egg just becomes embryo, no male required Jurassic Park - one individual turned from female to male and started making babies
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoJurassic Park’s version is still sexual reproduction. Parthenogenesis is a form of asexual reproduction.
minus-squarehomesnatch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoOne was direct development of an egg into an embryo, the other was conversion of an animal from one sex to another to facilitate mating.
Nah.
That one was dinosaurs changed gender to male, citing the frog DNA they completed the chain with as having that potential.
So what was supposed to be an all-female park to prevent reproduction became co-ed and then nature happened.
I’m still confused on the difference
Edit: thank you to everyone who replied, I understand the difference now
Parthenogenesis - egg just becomes embryo, no male required
Jurassic Park - one individual turned from female to male and started making babies
Jurassic Park’s version is still sexual reproduction. Parthenogenesis is a form of asexual reproduction.
One was direct development of an egg into an embryo, the other was conversion of an animal from one sex to another to facilitate mating.