Wednesday, June 04, 2008

How are Bdelloid Rotifiers Like Married Couples?


From Olivia Judson's NYT blog:


As far as anyone can tell, the bdelloid rotifers are ancient asexuals: they appear to have been living entirely without sex for more than 85 million years. And each time we learn more details of their lifestyle, the wackier it becomes.


Evolving to live without sex is easy; all sorts of organisms do it the whole time.


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