fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoFor the Lizadies out there!mander.xyzimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1278arrow-down110
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minus-squareCano@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·3 months 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-up32arrow-down1·3 months agoIt’s more complicated than that! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis
minus-squareCano@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 months agoThat’s kind of why I said I’m not a biologist
minus-squareContramuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·3 months 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