If asexual reproduction survives at all ... they possess what scientists have dubbed "general-purpose genotypes." One example is a type of minnow found in Minnesota that tolerates both highly ...

Those outlier liaisons gave whiptails robust heterozygosity, which has been preserved by the identical replication—essentially, cloning—that occurs in asexual reproduction. It’s a genetic ...

Yet again, this simple example illustrates a more general ... when the potential for asexual reproduction is limited and when potential mates are more available. Similarly, many single-celled ...

Additionally, many facultatively sexual animals alternate between sexual and asexual reproduction depending on environmental factors. For example, water fleas generally reproduce asexually unless ...

Only one parent is needed in asexual reproduction and the offspring are exact copies. Not all plants produce flowers. These are called non-flowering plants. Ferns and mosses are examples of plants ...