Sex and the single evening primrose

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 00:02 in Psychology & Sociology

Sex or no sex? Using various species of the evening primrose as their model, researchers have demonstrated strong support for a theory that biologists have long promoted: Species that reproduce sexually, rather than asexually, are healthier over time, because they don't accumulate harmful mutations.

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