Marvel – Immortal Path

"How to reproduce?" Thor was carrying a hammer, and there seemed to be many question marks floating on his head.

"Yes."

Li Ang nodded, casually said: "In the myth, the male frost giant Mimir popped out of the armpits of the frost giant Ymir at first, and The female frost giant Bestra.

Whether Bestra was kidnapped by Bauer, or if he truly fell in love with Bauer, the two eventually gave birth to three Aesir gods, including Odin. It means that Bestela is your grandmother.

If you don’t believe it, you can check it from the family tree."

Thor is silent, through childhood, Whether it is the priest Odin or the queen Freya, they rarely tell Thor about the history of the previous generation, even if they ask the elders in the Divine Domain, most of them are silent.

The adults rarely mentioned that period of history, as well as Thor's own integrity and simplicity, or the character of a rib, so that he has no interest in the history of the nine countries in the early period ( This is why in the "Thor 3" movie, Thor didn't even know that oneself has a sister named'Hela').

It is possible that even Odin oneself is disgusted with the frost giant factor in his bloodline. In addition, if the Asgard warrior knew that the Frost Giant soldiers they slaughtered were actually blood relatives before the ages, it would be too bad.

After figuring out this joint, Thor couldn't help being nodded, frowning at Li Ang and said: "Well, even if Bestela is really my grandmother, what can be the problem?

Asgardian, and the frost giant of Jotunheim, are now completely two species."

"Oh? Is this really the case?"

Li Ang said with a cold laugh: "In taxonomy, a species refers to a group of individuals that can mate and reproduce offspring. The hybrids produced by the individuals after mating with other organisms cannot reproduce.

This also means , The division between species is based on reproductive isolation.

If Jotunheim’s frost giant and Asgard’s Aesir can’t be judged as two species now, then a hybrid product like yours is very It is possible to suffer from infertility."

"...what?!"

Thor was shocked and confused, and took a small step backwards in fright-for overwhelming For men, losing fertility is definitely an unbearable burden in life.

Captain America and Tony Stark on the side have been standing by just now, listening to the secrets of Norse Mythology-after all, Stark is a high-achieving student, even if he is studying in the Department of Electronic Engineering, he still has myths about literary and artistic genres. As you know, the American team from Brooklyn (slums) is not good. It is exactly the same as listening to the Heavenly Book.

However, both of them can understand the word "infertility", and they moved towards Thor one after another and cast sympathetic glances.

Instead of being grateful for the sympathy of his teammates, Thor said in embarrassment: "Can gods be like mortal creatures? God is god, with characteristics beyond the imagination of most mortal creatures.

In addition, from energy, metal smelting, to agriculture, and medical treatment, Asgard has technological capabilities far ahead of Earth.

We also have the most advanced medical equipment that can effectively treat Earth’s incurables Various diseases-those instruments did not show that I was at risk of infertility."

"Are you sure?"

Li Ang curl one's lip, not on this issue Continue to entangle, and said directly: "From the appearance, the frost giant is indeed divided into men and women, but after I explored Luo Ji's physiological structure, I found some abnormalities.

In mythology, the Frost Giant was born under Ymir's armpit. This religious description is naturally untrue. Then the Frost Giant is called a mysterious way of reproduction. What is the most likely explanation?"

He paused and glanced at Avengers.

"...mitosis?" Tony Stark said hesitantly.

"Yes." Li Ang smiled and snapped his fingers, and said, "The answer is mitosis. The frost giant seems to be an ordinary species, but the eukaryotic cells that make up individual life will be in the process of dividing. There are spindles and chromosomes appearing in it, so that the daughter chromosomes that have been replicated during the DNA synthesis stage are evenly distributed among the daughter cells."

Captain America and Thor are still at a loss, but Stark reacted first. Coming over, the MIT graduate student subconsciously said: "Wait, is the mitosis type of the Frost Giant an animal or a plant?"

"Animal." Li Ang smiled happily and explained:" The mitosis of animal and plant cells is very different. Animal cells have centrioles. During the division process, the two centrioles in the centrioles will each produce a new centrioles, that is, two sets of new centrioles.

During the division process, the two groups of neutrophils move to the poles of the cell and emit countless rays to form a spindle. At the end of cell division, the middle of the cell does not form a cell plate, but the cell membrane is sunken toward the center. Cell constriction,

This entire process will accurately allocate the chromosomes of the parent cell to the two daughter cells after copying. Because the chromosome contains the genetic material DNA, there is a balance between the parent and the offspring. The stability of the serial sex characteristics.

It is manifested in the macroscopic level of the entire individual life of the frost giant, that is, the tumor sac mass is born from the armpit, and a new baby is produced in the tumor."

Li Ang's narration was calm and quiet, but the scene he described was really a bit horrible, making the faces of the Avengers members unacceptable.

"No, but the Frost Giant does have a husband and wife relationship."

God of Thunder Thor seems to have caught some life-saving straw, and hurriedly shouted: "This I am I know, Loki’s father is Laufey, the king of the frost giants in Jordanheim.

He is my father’s old enemy. He once led the frost giants in a protracted battle with Asgard. I saw him last time. Well!"

"Oh, Thor, you are still too young, thinking too simple, and ignoring a vital issue."

Li Ang said with a smile:" If Ymir, the first frost giant, can give birth to two frost giants, one male and one female, through mitosis, it means that every frost giant contains the same genetic DNA as Ymir, which means that all frost giants are potential The bisexual creature."

"What?"

Thor only felt that the world view collapsed in an instant, and his gaze looking towards Loki suddenly became different.

My younger brother, is an intersex creature?

Tony Stark on the side hesitated for a moment, faintly said: "During the embryo's official differentiation process, within the first few weeks of its development, there is no difference in its dissection.

Until the sixth week of pregnancy, primordial gonads driven by two-way glands appear. At this stage, the primordial gonads can develop into eggs and ovaries.

The seventh week, The HY antigen gene on the male Y chromosome makes the HY antigen on the surface of germ cells and gonad cell membranes, which makes the gonadal cord grow into seminiferous tubules, and the mesenchyme becomes egg-egg mesenchymal cells and tunica albuginea, while primordial germ cells, Differentiate into sperm cells.

On the contrary, in women without the HY antigen gene, their gonadal cord becomes primordial follicles, the mesenchyme becomes ovarian fleshy substance, and the primordial germ cells grow into oocytes."

Speaking of this, Iron Man paused, looked towards Li Ang, hesitatingly said: "The frost giant can reproduce through mitosis, but also through sexual relations. With such a strange and diverse way of reproduction, I still Heard for the first time."