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[–] Caboose12000@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wasn't this also like the inciting incident for the original jurassic park movie?

[–] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah.

That one was dinosaurs changed gender to male, citing the frog DNA they completed the chain with as having that potential.

So what was supposed to be an all-female park to prevent reproduction became co-ed and then nature happened.

[–] Caboose12000@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I'm still confused on the difference

Edit: thank you to everyone who replied, I understand the difference now

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Jurassic Park’s version is still sexual reproduction. Parthenogenesis is a form of asexual reproduction.

[–] lakemalcom10@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

Parthenogenesis - egg just becomes embryo, no male required

Jurassic Park - one individual turned from female to male and started making babies

[–] homesnatch@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

One was direct development of an egg into an embryo, the other was conversion of an animal from one sex to another to facilitate mating.

[–] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago

No, in Jurassic Park African frogs are used as the genetic gap filler, these frogs (and therefore the dinosaurs) are able to change sex in same sex environents