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Re:Remains found in China may belong to third human lineage by fluoridation on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @10:46AM (#37063513)
Entirely discarded? So the child is a clone of the parent of the corresponding sex?
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Re:Remains found in China may belong to third human lineage by civilitty on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @11:38AM (#37064317)
For the most part, yes, they are clones of the mother [1] or father [2]. It gets way more complicated in some frogs though… [3]

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gynogenesis

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgenesis

[3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybridogenesis_in_water_frog...

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Re:Remains found in China may belong to third human lineage by pvaldes on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @12:07PM (#37064780)
Is not usual, but can happen in some species

Not necessarily a clone because sometimes happens in several steps. For example, horse x donkey hybrids are sterile in principle, but if just by chance they produce an ovule keeping only the DNA of one of their parents, it can be fecundated. A female mule can deliver a foal that is either a pure horse or a pure donkey, never another mule.

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