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Published 9 years ago by jcscher with 2 Comments
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Transgender Algae Show How Males and Females Came to Be

How sexes evolved in the first place has been a lasting mystery in biology. Thanks to some transgender algae, scientists may have cracked this evolutionary whodunit.

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  • Gozzin
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    Years ago on a BBC program,David Attenbourough said there were other sexes besides male and female,but he did not speculate on what they were.

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  • imokruok
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    I really love how complicated life can be, full of nuance way beyond our understanding.

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