The don't need males. They are parthenogenetic females.

Parthenogenesis is a form of sexual reproduction in which a haploid egg duplicates itself, forming a female organism. It is sexual because the egg undergoes meiotic recombination - this is the scrambling between chromosomes that is specific to gametes. But there is no need for a male or a mate, although some parthenogenetic lizards mate with a male from another species to get things started. The male provides no genetic materials. For your women I like dispensing with males altogether.

Various animal species can accomplish parthenogenesis; I thought no mammals but there is a documented case of a boy who is a spontaneous chimera, with his blood cells arising from a parthenogenetic event.https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14819982-300-the-boy-whose-blood-has-no-father/

This colony would be unusual because they would all likely be descended from one individual whose mutation allowed her to conceive parthenogenetically. Inbreeding would not be a problem - each of these parthenogenetic individuals is a homozygote, and deleterious mutations would quickly leave the population rather than persisting as recessives genes. The ladies (of all ages, of course) would all be genetically very similar to each other and to the original AllMother, with new genetic input only from meiotic events and spontaneous mutations.

I like this because there are no men, no salacious breeding trips or sexy amazons; that has been done done done. You can make the sexual aspect whatever helps your storyline and characters.

One can make the case that human males as they are today evolved because groups that had males used them to take resources from groups that did not. Your female country will need to defend itself from aggressor groups, which historically have been males. There are lots of ways to do this. I like the idea that the AllMother had other inherited differences which led to advantages for her daughters, which led to the successful growth of their group and allowed them to resist incursions by other groups. For example, maybe these women are really smart and highly cooperative with one another. Going into battle against them is like playing against a team that has practiced together for years.

Thinking about cooperative combat skills - I can imagine parties of these women for hire as mercenary crossbow troops. These parties would be composed of premenopausal girls and postmenopausal women. The girls would operate heavy crossbows as crew-served weapons, three to a crossbow. The women would have light crossbows. They would seem weird to the regular soldiers, this mix of similar-appearing old women and girls with their marvelous crossbows, precise organization, and ruthlessness.

They don't need males. They are parthenogenetic females.

Parthenogenesis is a form of sexual reproduction in which a haploid egg duplicates itself, forming a female organism. It is sexual because the egg undergoes meiotic recombination - this is the scrambling between chromosomes that is specific to gametes. But there is no need for a male or a mate, although some parthenogenetic lizards mate with a male from another species to get things started. The male provides no genetic materials. For your women I like dispensing with males altogether.

Various animal species can accomplish parthenogenesis; I thought no mammals but there is a documented case of a boy who is a spontaneous chimera, with his blood cells arising from a parthenogenetic event.

This colony would be unusual because they would all likely be descended from one individual whose mutation allowed her to conceive parthenogenetically. Inbreeding would not be a problem - each of these parthenogenetic individuals is a homozygote, and deleterious mutations would quickly leave the population rather than persisting as recessive genes. The ladies (of all ages, of course) would all be genetically very similar to each other and to the original AllMother, with new genetic input only from meiotic events and spontaneous mutations.

I like this because there are no men, no salacious breeding trips or sexy amazons; that has been done done done. You can make the sexual aspect whatever helps your storyline and characters.

One can make the case that human males as they are today evolved because groups that had males used them to take resources from groups that did not. Your female country will need to defend itself from aggressor groups, which historically have been males. There are lots of ways to do this. I like the idea that the AllMother had other inherited differences which led to advantages for her daughters, which led to the successful growth of their group and allowed them to resist incursions by other groups. For example, maybe these women are really smart and highly cooperative with one another. Going into battle against them is like playing against a team that has practiced together for years.

Thinking about cooperative combat skills - I can imagine parties of these women for hire as mercenary crossbow troops. These parties would be composed of premenopausal girls and postmenopausal women. The girls would operate heavy crossbows as crew-served weapons, three to a crossbow. The women would have light crossbows. They would seem weird to the regular soldiers, this mix of similar-appearing old women and girls with their marvelous crossbows, precise organization, and ruthlessness.

The don't need males. They are parthenogenetic females.

Parthenogenesis is a form of sexual reproduction in which a haploid egg duplicates itself, forming a female organism. It is sexual because the egg undergoes meiotic recombination - this is the scrambling between chromosomes that is specific to gametes. But there is no need for a male or a mate, although some parthenogenetic lizards mate with a male from another species to get things started. The male provides no genetic materials. For your women I like dispensing with males altogether.

Various animal species can accomplish parthenogenesis; I thought no mammals but there is a documented case of a boy who is a spontaneous chimera, with his blood cells arising from a parthenogenetic event.https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14819982-300-the-boy-whose-blood-has-no-father/

This colony would be unusual because they would all likely be descended from one individual whose mutation allowed her to conceive parthenogenetically. Inbreeding would not be a problem - each of these parthenogenetic individuals is a homozygote, and deleterious mutations would quickly leave the population rather than persisting as recessives genes. The ladies (of all ages, of course) would all be genetically very similar to each other and to the original AllMother, with new genetic input only from meiotic events and spontaneous mutations.

I like this because there are no men, no salacious breeding trips or sexy amazons; that has been done done done. You can make the sexual aspect whatever helps your storyline and characters.

One can make the case that human males as they are today evolved because groups that had males used them to take resources from groups that did not. Your female country will need to defend itself from aggressor groups, which historically have been males. There are lots of ways to do this. I like the idea that the AllMother had other inherited differences which led to advantages for her daughters, which led to the successful growth of their group and allowed them to resist incursions by other groups. For example, maybe these women are really smart and highly cooperative with one another. Going into battle against them is like playing against a team that has practiced together for years.

The don't need males. They are parthenogenetic females.

Parthenogenesis is a form of sexual reproduction in which a haploid egg duplicates itself, forming a female organism. It is sexual because the egg undergoes meiotic recombination - this is the scrambling between chromosomes that is specific to gametes. But there is no need for a male or a mate, although some parthenogenetic lizards mate with a male from another species to get things started. The male provides no genetic materials. For your women I like dispensing with males altogether.

Various animal species can accomplish parthenogenesis; I thought no mammals but there is a documented case of a boy who is a spontaneous chimera, with his blood cells arising from a parthenogenetic event.https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14819982-300-the-boy-whose-blood-has-no-father/

This colony would be unusual because they would all likely be descended from one individual whose mutation allowed her to conceive parthenogenetically. Inbreeding would not be a problem - each of these parthenogenetic individuals is a homozygote, and deleterious mutations would quickly leave the population rather than persisting as recessives genes. The ladies (of all ages, of course) would all be genetically very similar to each other and to the original AllMother, with new genetic input only from meiotic events and spontaneous mutations.

I like this because there are no men, no salacious breeding trips or sexy amazons; that has been done done done. You can make the sexual aspect whatever helps your storyline and characters.

One can make the case that human males as they are today evolved because groups that had males used them to take resources from groups that did not. Your female country will need to defend itself from aggressor groups, which historically have been males. There are lots of ways to do this. I like the idea that the AllMother had other inherited differences which led to advantages for her daughters, which led to the successful growth of their group and allowed them to resist incursions by other groups. For example, maybe these women are really smart and highly cooperative with one another. Going into battle against them is like playing against a team that has practiced together for years.

Thinking about cooperative combat skills - I can imagine parties of these women for hire as mercenary crossbow troops. These parties would be composed of premenopausal girls and postmenopausal women. The girls would operate heavy crossbows as crew-served weapons, three to a crossbow. The women would have light crossbows. They would seem weird to the regular soldiers, this mix of similar-appearing old women and girls with their marvelous crossbows, precise organization, and ruthlessness.