Parasitic Worms Make Sex Worthwhile

Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 11:35 in Biology & Nature

The coevolutionary struggle between a New Zealand snail and its worm parasite makes sex advantageous for the snail, whose females favor asexual reproduction in the absence of parasites, say Indiana University Bloomington and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology biologists in this week's Current Biology.

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