Some creatures have what it takes to survive long dry spells. How they do this may be revealed in their genes, reports Erika Check Hayden.
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Check Hayden, E. Evolution: Scandal! Sex-starved and still surviving. Nature 452, 678–680 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452678a
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