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NOT CONSERVED. “The genetic and cellular mechanisms making the decision of whether the undifferentiated gonad of animal embryos develops either towards male or female are manifold and quite diverse.” http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1631069116300658 View in LinkedIn

CONSERVED. “Sexual reproduction is one of the most highly conserved processes in evolution.” http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1631069116300658 View in LinkedIn

THE WILD AND WONDERFUL. “Sex in microbes often occurs in the absence of reproduction. Most plants simultaneously are female and male, and some plants and fish change sex over time. And in mushrooms, after gamete fusion sex is postponed until just before reproduction. These deviations from the ‘norm’ may hamper our general understanding of sexual reproduction if we phrase general theories based on rules that only apply within a subset of species.” http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/weird-sex-underappreciated-diversity-sexual-reproduction View in LinkedIn

COMMON VIEW. “Most people associate ‘sex’ with reproduction, where sperm of males fertilize the eggs of females, and where the sex of an individual is determined by sex chromosomes. Yet, the vast majority of organisms deviate in one or more respects from these ‘norms’.” https://lnkd.in/dnXHW-Z View in LinkedIn

Mathematical secrets of ancient tablet unlocked after nearly a century of study https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/24/mathematical-secrets-of-ancient-tablet-unlocked-after-nearly-a-century-of-study?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other View in LinkedIn

GAME THEORY FOR REPRODUCTION including fertilization stealing, female mimicry, cuckoldry, precocociosness, hermaphrodites and early sexual maturity in a variety of fishes. https://lnkd.in/db7k5FK View in LinkedIn

Semi-automated truck convoys get green light for UK trials View in LinkedIn

"REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES are structural, functional and behavioral adaptations that improve the chances of fertilization and/or increase the survival rate of offspring." https://lnkd.in/dw58Df4 View in LinkedIn

MIXED MODALITIES. "Flowering plants possess an unrivaled diversity of mechanisms for achieving sexual and asexual reproduction, often simultaneously." A curious state of affairs. http://www.pnas.org/content/112/29/8859.full View in LinkedIn

GENE CENTRALITY. "The egg contains the hen's genes, which combine with the rooster's genes. The genes create from the raw materials of organic life another chicken. That chicken then has another egg. It is not the egg, but the genetic material that the egg nourishes and brings to fruition that is important. It is the genes that must be passed on if a species is not to become extinct." http://public.wsu.edu/~taflinge/biosex1.html View in LinkedIn