FOR life to continue and evolve, organisms must successfully reproduce.
Did you know that not all organisms do this in the same way?
Single cell organisms, such as bacteria, mainly reproduce using asexual reproduction, where the cell duplicates its genome (DNA) and then divides into two so that each cell has one copy of the genome.
To find out more as to why it is important for sex results in variation between parents and offspring, as well as the environment to go to Aaron Casey’s article in the Advertiser < link >. Aaron is a PhD student from the School of Molecular & Biomedical Sciences, and the Research Centre for Reproductive Health, Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide.
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