Virgin birth? Well – if she was Mary the Slut, who would have believed her? No more breaking out the turkey basters girls! A technique has been found that will cause an egg to start creating cells without a sperm. ‘Course, in this case, scientists are pretty certain that the process cannot produce a mammal baby, though something similar has been found to work on mice. Bonus: a child without two gentic donors = ??. Hmmm. Some insects and some lizards manage it, soooo – trashy monster movies anyone? I’m all for genetic manipulation. I don’t want to have a child until it could have a tail or feathery wings, but I must say I’m slightly discomfited by the thought of creating worker drone humans. There’s something slightly soulless in cloning human bees.
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