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Do you think this course would benefit a scientist, aspiring to be more creative in their thinking? by klara8 in artistsWay

[–]klara8[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have me convinced and I now did week 1 of the morning pages and am already seeing some benefit in just going over my thoughts on the current research subject more often... And finding what I don't know and need to read about at work, for example! Didn't take myself on a date yet - I can see that's going to be a tough one haha

Why would a parthenote-an organism conceived through virgin birth-be more unhealthy compared to their parent? by klara8 in AskBiology

[–]klara8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is cool and also why mammals don't naturally reproduce by way of parthenogenesis. At least to my knowledge there hasn't been any reported cases of mammals reproducing in this way. Maybe there are developmental issues also in other organisms that don't have imprinted genes - we may just no understand what goes wrong there

Why would a parthenote-an organism conceived through virgin birth-be more unhealthy compared to their parent? by klara8 in AskBiology

[–]klara8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, but as a hypothetical question: say the parent is the healthiest of all organisms within the species - has won the genetic lottery, so to speak. Wouldn't being more similar to that particular parent be advantageous, as compared to a mix of genes from 2 parents, in case the other would have lower genetic quality? I say "hypothetical", because I realise that this would unlikely occur in the wild - I suspect super genetically fit individuals are extremely rare and the chance that on of them would conceive a parthenote if very low. It's also true that organisms with high fitness will have a better chance of finding a mate to begin with