Nick Theodorakis wrote:
>> In article <3A3AD2D8.89D52207 at mediaone.net>,
> George Hammond <ghammond at mediaone.net> wrote:
> > Dear Bionet:
> > I am a Physicist not a Biologist. I have a simple
> > question about asexual plants.
> >
> [...]
>> It's a common practice in biology to use genetically identical
> organisms (and not only in plants) in an experiment to avoid genetic
> variation as a confounding factor. For example, most lab strains of
> mice are inbred strains that are gentically identical to one another
> (within a strain).
>> Nick
GH: You're kidding.... how "identical" is identical, as far as
mice are concerned? Do you mean "EXACTLY genetically identical"?
Also, there are "parthogenetic" animals who asexually
reproduce, so that are all genetically identical.
Small animals, some annelids, flatworms, aphids, and
I've heard, some large animals like fish and lizards
reproduce asexually and form genetically identical
schools, tribes, families etc. Is this true?
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