Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!cbosgd!nscs!rew From: rew@nscs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: superiority and associated topics Message-ID: <456@nscs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 10:52:42 EDT Article-I.D.: nscs.456 Posted: Wed Jun 15 10:52:42 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jun-83 21:14:58 EDT References: <533@hao.UUCP> utcsrgv.1530 Lines: 13 Just to keep the record straight, the British researchers observed spontaneous reproduction of an unfertilized ovum. This means that the new cells had only half the normal human complement of chromosomes. So this is not parthenogenesis but the creation of a new life form. If such an organism could survive it would be interesting to see the result. In the plant world the opposite reproductive sequence is known to occur, i.e. offspring with double the number of chromosomes as the 'parent'. Corn (maize to you purists) is an example. Bob Warren cbosgd!nscs!rew