A study on Lepraria lichens found they possess genes for sexual reproduction despite being thought entirely asexual. This ...

Thus, over time, asexual reproduction in bacteria can lead to a population of hundreds of thousands of cells, all of which are genetically identical to a lone original parent cell. Given their ...

Imagine a gene that promotes sexual reproduction, such as by making it more likely that a plant will reproduce via sexually produced seeds as opposed to some asexual process (e.g., budding ...

Coprinus cinereus also produces spores by asexual reproduction. These spores can be produced quickly and in large numbers to enable many individual fungi to develop. A disadvantage of these spores ...