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Thanks. It seems like the title changed during our conversation and I didn't know what it used to be, or when. If the title displayed to me had been "Same-sex

Thanks. It seems like the title changed during our conversation and I didn't know what it used to be, or when. If the title displayed to me had been "Same-sex mice genetically engineered to reproduce asexually" I would have thought it implied that the new, artificial mouse genotype could reproduce asexually without further human intervention, which would be clearly incorrect. Edit: Does sexual reproduction formally require sexual intercourse? At this point I'm out of my depth. :p

gnulinux 8y ago
Original title was "Same-sex mice have babies" which is the title of the article. I think current title is perfectly fine, and is actually what's going on. > Does sexual reproduction formally require sexual intercourse? At this point I'm out of my depth. :p Yes, but not necessarily sex (e.g. pollination), but it's exclusively sex for mammals. We do not know of any other method for mammal reproduction other than sex. This puts mammals in a very weird spot since they're the only known group in animals that have not been observed to reproduce non-sexually.