dano January 29, 2010 Share January 29, 2010 So I was wondering if anemones procreate by splitting, do they age? Is one anemone older than another other than the time it takes to split? Do they ever die of "old age"? How do they bring variation into their gene pool? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller7 January 29, 2010 Share January 29, 2010 Many species have the ability to reproduce sexually as well as asexually. Reproduction via division and pedal laceration produces "clones". They have not found evidence of senescence in anemones, as far as we can measure, they do not age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilary January 29, 2010 Share January 29, 2010 Excellent questions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller7 January 29, 2010 Share January 29, 2010 If interested in some further details, the following are good reads: http://www.nhm.ku.edu/inverts/ebooks/ch34.html http://my.fit.edu/~rvw/Lectures/Clonal%20&%20aclonal.htm Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igozoom January 30, 2010 Share January 30, 2010 You just blew my mind! Many species have the ability to reproduce sexually as well as asexually. Reproduction via division and pedal laceration produces "clones". They have not found evidence of senescence in anemones, as far as we can measure, they do not age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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