A scientist has moved a step closer to turning sexually-reproducing plants into asexual reproducers, a finding that could have profound implications for agriculture. Farmers throughout the world spend ...

In the course of evolution, animals have repeatedly shifted from sexual to asexual reproduction. The first evidence of the consequences of parthenogenesis – a type of asexual reproduction – on genome ...

Why are most organisms sexual? The question of why most species reproduce sexually and others reproduce asexually has stymied biologists for years (particularly since asexual reproduction has many ...

Asexual. You’ve probably heard the word before, but what does asexual mean? Is there a clear-cut meaning or definition? If you’ve got questions, you’re not alone. A 2019 survey found that 73% of ...

Andrew Fields wasn’t looking for a miracle. The Ph.D. candidate at Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Science was just doing some routine genetic sampling of his study organism, ...

The California condor is one of the rarest birds in the world, but now it seems that nature is giving it an unexpected leg-up. Scientists have discovered two condor chicks that were born from ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Nephrolepis exaltata cv. Bostoniensis, the Boston fern, exhibits extreme stem dimorphism. The plant has orthotropic, dictyostelic shoots which ...

Fungi exhibit a fascinating array of sexual reproductive strategies that play a vital role in their adaptation and evolution. Central to these processes is the mating‐type (MAT) locus, which governs ...

This release is available in Spanish. Farmers throughout the world spend an estimated $36 billion a year to buy seeds for crops, especially those with sought after traits such as hardiness and ...