Annals of Botany, Vol. 121, No. 7 (June 2018), pp. 1287-1298 (12 pages) Background and Aims Alpine plants grow in harsh environments and are thought to face occasional frost during the sensitive ...

Earliest evidence of reproduction in a complex organism Press release issued: 3 August 2015 How some of the first complex organisms on Earth – possibly some of the first animals to exist – reproduced ...

The earliest example of reproduction in a complex organism has been discovered in a 565 million-year-old rangeomorph fossil by University of Cambridge researchers. Rangeomorphs are considered to be ...

Male yellow crazy ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes) are chimeras of two separate genetic lineages, researchers report in a study that reveals a unique mode of reproduction in this species – one previously ...

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An artist's impression reveals what a Fractofusus community looked like 565 million years ago One of the earliest complex organisms had a surprisingly complicated sex life, scientists say. Until now, ...

Most male yellow crazy ants carry two separate sets of DNA, resulting from sperm and egg cells that don’t mix their genetic material after fertilisation. This means the males are chimeras – ...

A new £1 million research project will investigate the future of human reproduction, and the cultural, ethical, legal and social questions that will follow as a result. Sara Fovargue, Professor of Law ...