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1 organism cool: No sex for 80 mn yrs

posted October 14, 2007 - 12:34am
1 organism cool: No sex for 80 mn yrs

The mystery of how an animal has survived for 80 million years without sex has been solved by UK scientists. A Cambridge team says the creature owes its existence to a genetic quirk that offers some recompense for its prolonged celibacy. Many asexual organisms have died out because they cannot adapt to changes in the natural world.


Website: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Without_sex_for...
Author: rawnak
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