Letter: Do single-celled organisms do sex?

Published 11 November 2015

From Paul Rendell

Is it right to say that prokaryotic organisms don’t have sex (19 September, p 28)? They can exchange genetic material via virus-like particles.

Why not call this “sex”?
Barmouth, Gwynedd, UK

Issue no. 3047 published 14 November 2015

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