• Karyoplasma
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      97 months ago

      Genomic imprinting says no. It wouldn’t produce a fetus that is in congruence with the possibility of life. It could at most start growing and developing, but it would die in the womb. More akin to a tumor than to a baby.

      • oce 🐆
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        107 months ago

        How comes it’s possible for a bird or a fish, but not a human? If this article explains why, it is a bit obscure for non specialists.

        • Gormadt
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          107 months ago

          No worries the whole concept of parthenogenesis is a really obscure and obtuse one.

          Here’s a SciShow link that does a really good job of describing it in a less obtuse and confusing way.