Conjugation (or mating) of ciliates is a unique phenomenon among living beings. They have sex not for reproduction or pleasure — they seek to increase genetic variation. Scientists from St Petersburg ...
Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 62, No. 2 (2017), pp. 421-436 (16 pages) Fast, frequent, and spontaneous jumping by the photosynthetic ciliate Mesodinium rubrum is highly adaptive for overcoming ...