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Scientists Discover The Genetic Switch to Induce 'Virgin Births' in Fruit Flies (www.sciencealert.com)
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[–] fleabomber@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

... I thought we wanted to go the other way on this?

[–] Badtouchspez@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fruit fly Jesus

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

There's a dig at Christianity in the article where they point out all virgin births are female, proving Jesus was really a woman.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The Jesus Fly has Risen!

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Oh thank god, I was just thinking "man, we really need more fruit flies"