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minus-squareCaboose12000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-27 months agoI’m still confused on the difference Edit: thank you to everyone who replied, I understand the difference now
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·7 months agoJurassic Park’s version is still sexual reproduction. Parthenogenesis is a form of asexual reproduction.
minus-squarelakemalcom10@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·7 months agoParthenogenesis - egg just becomes embryo, no male required Jurassic Park - one individual turned from female to male and started making babies
minus-squarehomesnatch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months 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.
I’m still confused on the difference
Edit: thank you to everyone who replied, I understand the difference now
Jurassic Park’s version is still sexual reproduction. Parthenogenesis is a form of asexual reproduction.
Parthenogenesis - egg just becomes embryo, no male required
Jurassic Park - one individual turned from female to male and started making babies
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.