• Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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    9 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 🐆@jlai.lu
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      9 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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        9 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.