The Mystery Of The Celibate Rotifer
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Click to view, or right-click and save: Scifri video: The Mystery Of The Celibate Rotifer .Bdelloid rotifers haven't had sex for at least thirty million years and that's puzzling. Most asexual animals are doomed to extinction. Reporting in the journal Science, Paul Sherman and Chris Wilson explain the extraordinary adaptations that allow rotifers to thrive sex-free. En Español. Viewed 16591 times.
Learn more: Rotifers, Reproduction, and the Red Queen
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