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First instance of condors reproducing through self-fertilization
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:18 pm
by funkervogt
During a routine analysis of biological samples from two California condors in the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s managed breeding program, scientists confirmed that each condor chick was genetically related to the respective female condor (dam) that laid the egg from which it hatched. However, in a surprising twist, they found that neither bird was genetically related to a male—meaning both chicks were biologically fatherless; and accounted for the first two instances of asexual reproduction, or parthenogenesis, to be confirmed in the California condor species.
https://stories.sandiegozoo.org/2021/10 ... ized-eggs/
I think posthumans should have the natural ability to do parthenogenesis. It would make them a more versatile species than ours.
Re: First instance of condors reproducing through self-fertilization
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 7:08 pm
by raklian
funkervogt wrote: ↑Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:18 pm
During a routine analysis of biological samples from two California condors in the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s managed breeding program, scientists confirmed that each condor chick was genetically related to the respective female condor (dam) that laid the egg from which it hatched. However, in a surprising twist, they found that neither bird was genetically related to a male—meaning both chicks were biologically fatherless; and accounted for the first two instances of asexual reproduction, or parthenogenesis, to be confirmed in the California condor species.
https://stories.sandiegozoo.org/2021/10 ... ized-eggs/
I think posthumans should have the natural ability to do parthenogenesis. It would make them a more versatile species than ours.
Humans will have multiple means of reproduction including parthenogenesis, artificial wombs, cloning, heck even 3D printing (
) etc.
