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> Producing more females when there's a shortage of males doesn't seem to be a particularly useful trait Given that mammal females are XX and can only partheno
by vorg 12y ago
> Producing more females when there's a shortage of males doesn't seem to be a particularly useful trait
Given that mammal females are XX and can only parthenogenesize females, never males, because of the lack of any Y chromosome, perhaps that's why mammals don't reproduce asexually frequently compared to ZW birds and other ZW animals.