Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a globally significant fungal pathogen that affects a wide range of economically important crops. Its population structure is complex, owing to a combination of clonal ...

Genetic diversity is essential to the survival of a species. It’s easy enough to maintain if a species reproduces sexually; an egg and a sperm combine genetic material from two creatures into one, ...

Amazon mollies don't need a man, and never will. A new study finds they can purge and repair genetic mutations that would otherwise plague a self-cloning species.

LMU computational biologist helps uncover how the Amazon molly maintains a healthy genome without sexual reproduction ...