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Life Without Sex

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Up to 10 per cent of the active genes of an organism that has survived 80 million years without sex are foreign, a new study from the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London reveals. The asexual organism, the bdelloid rotifer, has acquired a tenth of its active genes from bacteria and other simple organisms like fungi and algae.

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yeah baby by Ned Lud on Saturday, Nov 17, 2012 at 7:22:53 AM
Perhaps the title of the article by Daniel Geery on Saturday, Nov 17, 2012 at 10:16:27 AM
neutered by Ned Lud on Saturday, Nov 17, 2012 at 8:32:25 PM