An interesting story about darwinulids. As far as anyone could tell, darwinulids (a type of crustacean) had been reproducing exclusively asexually for 200,000,000 years, but now a researcher has found 3 male specimens, which implies that at least one darwinulid species has sex.
Sex is a bit mysterious in evolutionary terms because it’s so much more [...]
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After 200 million years of abstinence…
3 April 2006 – 1:45 pm