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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
Was Jesus a lizard? Exhibit A: Parthenogenesis.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
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