Amazon Molly Genome (AUDIO)

WashU Medicine

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For the first time, an international team of scientists has sequenced the DNA of a small fish that reproduces asexually. The Amazon Molly is an aquarium-type fish that lives in the fresh waters along the Mexico-Texas border. Scientists believe that over time, species that reproduce without sex should go extinct, but that doesn't seem to be happening with these fish. Jim dryden has more...

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