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Stick insects retain gene-balancing after a million years without sex
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Researchers at Bangor University discovered that asexual stick insects have maintained a male-female gene-balancing mechanism despite not reproducing sexually for a million years. This finding challenges previous scientific assumptions that such mechanisms would erode over time in the absence of sexual reproduction.
Image source, Bart Zijlstra Photography Image caption, Experts say Timema have reproduced without needing sex for about a million years
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