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Dr White

Same-sex births about to become a reality?

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  Same sex can have a baby What is the principle? The reproductive patterns of mammals, whether human or mouse, are similar. The father contributes "half a set" of genetic material through the sperm, and the mother contributes "half a set" through the egg, so that the baby can develop healthily. But theoretically, no matter what method is used, as long as a whole set of genetic material can be assembled in the embryo, there is a theoretical possibility of developing a baby. One of the simplest ideas is that of  parthenogenesis Only Mom can make babies" is more common in non-mammals. The picture shows aphids, some of which reproduce in isolation. To be precise, parthenogenesis and it occurs regardless of the presence of hermaphroditic mating, as long as the offspring carry only a single genome. However, unisexual reproduction in nature is mainly solitary, and only one species of ants in the Americas has both solitary and solitary male reproduction. Imagine a wom...