Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Researchers reveal how genetically identical <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/WaterFleas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterFleas</span></a> develop into different sexes <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-05-reveal-genetically-identical-fleas-sexes.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-05-reveal-g</span><span class="invisible">enetically-identical-fleas-sexes.html</span></a> paper: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-59774-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41598-024</span><span class="invisible">-59774-1</span></a> </p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Daphnia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daphnia</span></a> are tiny <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/crustaceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crustaceans</span></a>, or water fleas, that are extremely adaptable to their environment. This is due to their remarkable phenotypic plasticity, i.e., their ability to change their form or behavior despite their genetic makeup remaining unchanged. Even male and female Daphnia are genetically identical."</p>