Exactly how does one define parthenogenesis? The Asiatic clam Corbicula
(a FW species) is a simultaneous hermaphrodite that can, and does, self-
fertilize. Is each offspring a clone? What happens to the classic def-
inition of a species (viable offspring from two parents) under such
conditions?
And why doesn't the Federation use
cloaking devices, anyway...?
Dave Ventre
Quincy, MA
c/o 4700gbera at umbsky.cc.umb.edu
