import maya.cmds as mc

sel = mc.ls( sl=1 )

def dupMeshOnly( obj ):

	objShape = mc. listRelatives( obj, s=1 )
	par = mc.duplicate( objShape[0], po=1 )
	shape = mc.createNode( 'mesh', p=par[0] )
	mc.connectAttr( objShape[0] + '.outMesh', shape + '.inMesh', f=1 )
	mc.evalDeferred( 'import maya.cmds; maya.cmds.disconnectAttr( \'' + objShape[0] + '.outMesh\', \'' + shape + '.inMesh\' )' )
	return par[0]


for s in sel:

	res = dupMeshOnly( s )
	mc.polyTransfer( res, uv=1, ao=s )
	print res