All-female and able to survive 24,000 years on ice: all hail the resilient rotifer Tiny aquatic animal can also withstand desiccation, radiation and extreme heat, and reproduces asexually

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How the Bdelloid Rotifer Lived for Millennia—Without Sex As a child, I always wanted a microscope. I would have collected slimy waters from the scum ponds and murky puddles near my house. I would have brought them home and exposed them to the light of my…

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