Hooray, the Probojet’s lineage is not dead yet. Love how the design marries the confusion between its three predecessors into a cohesive look. It’s a good look, I am tempted to make a descendant next gen. Though I shouldn’t get ahead of myself.
"Overtime" Over time. This is a common error. Is there a way to underline this in word-processing documents to remind you to check them?
"critter" That's rather informal.
"when its" When it's.
" ballooned" using "ballooned" twice looks awkward, particularly since the word seems silly.
"he Umbrajet will spring into action, using their methane" This uses the singular "they", which is incorrect here.
"critter" That's rather informal.
"when its" When it's.
" ballooned" using "ballooned" twice looks awkward, particularly since the word seems silly.
"he Umbrajet will spring into action, using their methane" This uses the singular "they", which is incorrect here.
| QUOTE (Coolsteph @ Aug 16 2022, 07:13 PM) |
| "Overtime" Over time. This is a common error. Is there a way to underline this in word-processing documents to remind you to check them? "critter" That's rather informal. "when its" When it's. " ballooned" using "ballooned" twice looks awkward, particularly since the word seems silly. "he Umbrajet will spring into action, using their methane" This uses the singular "they", which is incorrect here. |
Edited these issues, thoughts the species as a whole btw?
I've always found the abyssovermes to be a rather underrated clade of marine invertebrate like fauna, so I love that they're getting some new attention right now! This is a rather fine addition to the biosphere's growing roster of freaky deep-sea diversity!
As for reviewing:
It appears that asexual reproduction is not listed in its infobox, despite it being mentioned here.
This post has been edited by sad-dingus (chillypaz): Aug 16 2022, 05:38 PM
As for reviewing:
| QUOTE |
| If the gametes do not meet the gametes of another individual, perhaps due to not many individual Umbrajets in the area reproducing, they can still germinate and become a genetic clone of their parent. By having such a variable reproductive strategy, the Umbrajets are able to increase genetic diversity while also being able to fall back on asexual reproduction when potential mates are scarce. |
It appears that asexual reproduction is not listed in its infobox, despite it being mentioned here.
This post has been edited by sad-dingus (chillypaz): Aug 16 2022, 05:38 PM
How does a gamete become a clone when it only has half the dna?
| QUOTE (Disgustedorite @ Aug 16 2022, 09:48 PM) |
| How does a gamete become a clone when it only has half the dna? |
Hm, alright I see your point. Any ideas on how I could potentially fix this?
| QUOTE (OviraptorFan @ Aug 16 2022, 08:03 PM) | ||
Hm, alright I see your point. Any ideas on how I could potentially fix this? |
Male ants are produced from unfertilized eggs, and therefore have only half the chromosome number of female ants. That could be a solution. The phenomenon is called thelytokous parthenogenesis. (Relevant linkRelevant link)
| QUOTE (Coolsteph @ Aug 16 2022, 10:28 PM) | ||||
Male ants are produced from unfertilized eggs, and therefore have only half the chromosome number of female ants. That could be a solution. The phenomenon is called thelytokous parthenogenesis. (Relevant linkRelevant link) |
Hm, I heard about this, but how could I translate it for this? Would the half gamete offspring be only males and they can only reproduce sexually?
They could just also be capable of pathenogenesis, producing fertilized eggs directly that are either clones or self-fertilized
| QUOTE (OviraptorFan @ Aug 16 2022, 09:08 PM) | ||||||
Hm, I heard about this, but how could I translate it for this? Would the half gamete offspring be only males and they can only reproduce sexually? |
That seems plausible. The only plausible asexual option I can presently think of for the half-gamete males would be androgenesis, which would be impractical in this situation of deep-sea scarcity of gametes.
EDIT: Disgustedorite's option of parthenogenesis could also work. Parthenogenesis seems fairly common in nature.
| QUOTE (Disgustedorite @ Aug 16 2022, 11:41 PM) |
| They could just also be capable of pathenogenesis, producing fertilized eggs directly that are either clones or self-fertilized |
The question is what would trigger them to do this? They do broadcast spawning, so im not sure what would trigger parthenogenesis
Could be pheromonal cues. No pheromones from others in environment = parthenogenesis.
| QUOTE (Changeling @ Aug 17 2022, 06:43 PM) |
| Could pheromones be released when they use the methane jet? |
That Is a good idea.....I think i might go with that.
Alright, tried to make some adjustments regarding reproduction, thoughts on the result?
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