I see that someone strongly-disagreed with me on this. But are there any eukyrotes that cannot reproduce sexually (and are not very-recently-decended from sexual-reproducers) but still maintain size or complexity levels commonly associated with eukyrotes?
Indeed (as other commenters also pointed out) the ability to sexually reproduce seems to be much more prevalent than I originally thought when writing the above comment. (I thought that eukaryotes only capable of asexual reproduction were relatively common, but it seems that there may only be a very few special cases like that.)
I still disagree with you dismissing the importance of mitochondria though. (I don’t think the OP is saying that mitochondria alone are sufficient for larger genomes, but the argument for why they are at least necessary is convincing to me.)
I see that someone strongly-disagreed with me on this. But are there any eukyrotes that cannot reproduce sexually (and are not very-recently-decended from sexual-reproducers) but still maintain size or complexity levels commonly associated with eukyrotes?
Indeed (as other commenters also pointed out) the ability to sexually reproduce seems to be much more prevalent than I originally thought when writing the above comment. (I thought that eukaryotes only capable of asexual reproduction were relatively common, but it seems that there may only be a very few special cases like that.)
I still disagree with you dismissing the importance of mitochondria though. (I don’t think the OP is saying that mitochondria alone are sufficient for larger genomes, but the argument for why they are at least necessary is convincing to me.)