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That article title is unfortunate, because it's actually the most interesting thing I've read all week.
by kod 10y ago
That article title is unfortunate, because it's actually the most interesting thing I've read all week.
- maus42 10y agoAgreed. The article is mostly about parthenogenetic reproduction and curious evolutionary history of a certain lizard species. addendum. The subtitle ("What we can learn about evolution from species who thrive without sexual reproduction") is more descriptive.
- Maken 10y agoThe title is pure clickbait that has little to no relation with the actual content.
- forgotpwtomain 10y agoIt's not 'pure' clickbait if you read down to the part about the whiptail lizard's being able to take on either sexual role which stimulates reproduction but that's a rather minor detail. Also it's not at all supported that unisex whiptail lizard's are better off than normal sexually reproducing lizards. In general I tend to agree title is not well fitted and the subtitle does better: > What we can learn about evolution from species who thrive without sexual reproduction. One can only speculate that their editor came from a publication with a habit of writing clickbait titles.