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> Unlikely. You can't mate with copies of yourself unless there are already multiple copies of yourself floating around. Asexual reproduction doesn't require c
by Supermancho 7y ago
> Unlikely. You can't mate with copies of yourself unless there are already multiple copies of yourself floating around.
Asexual reproduction doesn't require copies of "yourself". Plants can self fertilize and they are some of the most complex organisms to do it and you probably know this.
Can you rephrase that statement?
- sdenton4 7y agoI /think/ they're saying that if sexual reproduction came first, you have a pretty basic problem: where's the second individual that the first sexually reproducing entity mates with?
- Supermancho 7y agoSexual reproduction can involve an asexual (which would be hemaphroditic) partner.
- limomium 7y agoWhy would you evolve the necessary organs to sexually reproduce with your self, with no one else around?
- Supermancho 7y agoOften times sexual organs are multipurpose. It's likely a genetic mutation that allows for sexual reproduction, as with all structural advances. I might end up with a functioning probiscus near my gamete sack and if I end up bumping into my fellow eukaryotes, that's just how it goes.