Algae with three sexes that mate in pairs identified in Japanese river (2021)

Re:Algae with three sexes that mate in pairs identified in J... by sharpneli on Thursday March 10, 2022 @07:34AM (#30626196)

There is a massive difference. With that kind of mushroom one can expect that any random pair is very likely to match up. With humans you have tad less of 50% chance of being able to make kids with any random otherwise fertile human.

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Re:Algae with three sexes that mate in pairs identified in J... by openfuture on Thursday March 10, 2022 @09:06AM (#30626992)

Err, that is an uncharitable reading of GP imo. If you pair males and females (rather than just "humans") then the anology holds quite well no?

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Re:Algae with three sexes that mate in pairs identified in J... by sequoia on Thursday March 10, 2022 @10:54AM (#30628304)

I think the topic is getting a bit muddled here. Are we talking about couples who can't have children because one or the other is infertile/sterile, or couples who could have children with someone else but not one another?

I'm not familiar with this latter scenario. A man being sterile is nothing like this algae's situation, as it has nothing to do with "pairing," he's simply unable to produce children with anyone.

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