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From: rew@nscs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: superiority and associated topics
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Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 10:52:42 EDT
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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
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