Scientists managed to sequence an 18-million year-old species that cloned itself, significant to understanding evolutionary genetics. “Runs counter to the widely accepted view: that sexual reproduction is required to eliminate deleterious mutations and for adaptation to a changing environment.”

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Scientists managed to sequence an 18-million year-old species that cloned itself, significant to understanding evolutionary genetics. “Runs counter to the widely accepted view: that sexual reproduction is required to eliminate deleterious mutations and for adaptation to a changing environment.”