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Numerous organisms regularly reproduce via cloning, including most of the oldest and largest organisms, e.g. Pando. Bacteria, many plants, and some simpler anim

Numerous organisms regularly reproduce via cloning, including most of the oldest and largest organisms, e.g. Pando. Bacteria, many plants, and some simpler animals primarily reproduce via cloning. Parthenogenesis is also a strategy employed as needed by fish, reptiles, and some birds. I'm not suggesting that cloning is superior, but to call it "not a viable mechanism" is a mischaracterization.

raarts 4y ago
Maybe I should have added: 'for higher lifeforms'.
- biotinker 4y ago
  How would you define "higher lifeforms" such that it does not include birds? Parthenogenesis has also been induced in mammals (mice) in a lab setting, though it has not been observed in the wild yet.