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Cano@lemm.ee 2 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 2 months ago
It’s more complicated than that! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis
Cano@lemm.ee 2 months ago
That’s kind of why I said I’m not a biologist
Contramuffin@lemmy.world 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