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20040421 Wednesday April 21, 2004

Will men become obsolete? Julie made a predication last night - men will become obsolete in 100 years. Women just won't need them anymore. On Google News today, I found this article: Males Not Needed; Mouse Born from Unfertilized Egg. Could she be right? If the world were full of women, and the male gender died off, I'm willing to bet the human race would perish shortly after from worrying so much. ;-) Posted in General at Apr 21 2004, 12:43:15 PM MDT 3 Comments

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amen.

Posted by Unknown on April 21, 2004 at 05:44 PM MDT #

The problem with parthenogenesis is that it slows down mutation rates and reduced genetic mingling; thus species that didn't reproduce via parthenogenesis got edged out in the evolution game. Of course, if we start tinkering with our genes and germ plasm, evolution gets chucked out the window as an excuse... (As a cute story: I once heard a Christian Scientist describe the birth of Jesus as an example of parthenogenesis; he didn't seem to realise that parthenogenesis mandates a <em>female</em> child)

Posted by Unknown on April 21, 2004 at 08:20 PM MDT #

Ack, logic error: I should have said <em>species that <strong>did</strong> reproduce via parthenogenesis</em>

Posted by Unknown on April 21, 2004 at 08:20 PM MDT #

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