BIO 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter Judson: Rotifer, Eukaryote, Cryptobiosis
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Philodina roseola the bdelloid rotifer: slender and translucent, a eukaryote, eats algae, has a pair of disks edged with beating cilia, the go through asexual reproduction (binary fission, benefits of binary fission. Cloning is much more efficient an asexual female should have twice as many offspring as her sexual counterpart: consequences. Is an evolutionary dead end if there is only cloning and nothing else because then there is no changes in gene frequency and therefore evolution cannot occur. Viruses v. bacteria: viruses cannot reproduce by themselves and therefore must hijack the systems of their host cell. How do rotifers get other genes: mutations. Many other eukaryotes have claimed celibacy but only the rotifers can claim it as their own. There are multiple theories as to what the role of sex. The disease can be prevented by moving the clones to a place where they are still unique.
