Vene
10-20-2007, 12:25 PM
LONDON - One microscopic organism has thrived despite remaining celibate for tens of millions of years, thanks to a neat evolutionary trick, researchers said.
Asexual Reproduction has allowed duplicate gene copies of the single-celled creatures — called bdelloid rotifers — to become different over time. This gives the rotifers a wider pool of genes to help them adapt and survive, the researchers said in Friday's issue of the journal Science.
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Asexual Reproduction has allowed duplicate gene copies of the single-celled creatures — called bdelloid rotifers — to become different over time. This gives the rotifers a wider pool of genes to help them adapt and survive, the researchers said in Friday's issue of the journal Science.
MORE (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21259508/)