fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 12 days agoFor the Lizadies out there!mander.xyzimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1272
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minus-squareCano@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·12 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-up32·12 days agoIt’s more complicated than that! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis
minus-squareCano@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·12 days agoThat’s kind of why I said I’m not a biologist
minus-squareContramuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·12 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
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