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The Amazon molly — a sex-skipping fish — hacks evolution

The fish keeps harmful mutations at bay with a DNA repair trick

An Amazon molly fish, which doesn't reproduce sexually.

The Amazon molly doesn't reproduce sexually, but it avoids accumulating harmful mutations by shuffling its own genome around.

Manfred Schartl

By Elie Dolgin

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