Updated On: 22 October, 2009 01:51 PM IST | | ANI
Plants and animals, that have sex with a partner rather than doing it alone via self-fertilization, give their offspring a better chance for longer lives, says a new study.
Plants and animals, that have sex with a partner rather than doing it alone via self-fertilization, give their offspring a better chance for longer lives, says a new study.
The researchers reached the above conclusion after conducting more than 100 mini-evolution experiments involving nematode worms (Caenorhabditis elegans) at the University of Oregon.