Insights on Sex and Death from a Mutant Roundworm

Thursday, July 28, 2016 - 16:01 in Biology & Nature

In tough times, humans aren’t the only species that think twice about having children.  Consider roundworm strain LSJ2. Though it can’t think – much less think twice — about anything, the laboratory worm underwent a surprising mutation that made it prioritize the survival of adults over creating abundant offspring.  Researchers noticed the sweeping change in […]

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