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- Subject: Re: Human parthenogenesis
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.141352.555@news.wesleyan.edu>
- From: RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg)
- Date: 28 Dec 92 14:13:51 EDT
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- In <1hncs2INN31u@mirror.digex.com> kfl@access.digex.com writes:
- > In article <5601@daily-planet.concordia.ca> mckay@alcor.concordia.ca (John McKay) writes:
- > > Is there any documented, credible, medical evidence for human
- > > parthenogenesis?
- > No. Last I heard, males were still necessary for the continuance of
- > the human race.
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- I don't know how accurate this is, but I seem to remember from some bio class
- or another (back in ancient history) that the american wild turkey was the
- highest order animal for which there was documented evidence of
- parthenogenesis. Does anyone know if this is still (or ever was) true?
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- Ruth Ginzberg <rginzberg@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
- Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA
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