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The real question is, why nobody found yet species with 3 genders? I.e. 1 gender (cloning), 2 genders (sexual), ... 3 genders (hyper-sexual)? 3 genders will al
by nivertech 15y ago
The real question is, why nobody found yet species with 3 genders? I.e. 1 gender (cloning), 2 genders (sexual), ... 3 genders (hyper-sexual)?
3 genders will allow even more gene shuffling and multiple lineages to come together in a single individual.
- praptak 15y agoYou think that finding one suitable partner isn't hard enough already? Joking aside - the complexity of getting 3 specimens of suitable sexes to produce offspring is probably what kills this possibility. And the most benefit in terms of shuffling is between having recombination (sex) and not having it at all (cloning.) It is not evident to me that there's significant additional benefit from introducing the hypothetical 3rd sex.
- nitrogen 15y agoYeast could sort of be described as having 3 genders: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Mating_of_yeast https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Mating_of_yea... praptak's second paragraph seems like a decent explanation why 2 seems to be the typical number.