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To: stremba

Some bacteria do it sexually (or with plasmids) and some (even the same ones) may do it asexually.


91 posted on 12/09/2004 11:55:09 AM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: Doctor Stochastic

True. I was overly simplistic. I am still looking for a good definition of "species", though for creatures that reproduce exclusively asexually. (or for certain plants that reproduce by self-pollination or for hermaphroditic animals that self-fertilize.)


103 posted on 12/09/2004 12:14:52 PM PST by stremba
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