• Cypher@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Multicellular animal organisms all start their lives the same way. Two zygotes merge and fuse

    I hate to nitpick but asexual reproduction does not require two zygotes.

    Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes or change in the number of chromosomes.

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      Those are examples of far-fetched, never observed things that do not happen with any frequency that can be measured. It’s so rare, in fact, that a genetic trait would be able to be discerned because there would never be a divergent genetic material.

      I don’t think that’s what the article is suggesting.