When is Polyploidy useful? ChaCha Answer: Polyploidy:the condition in which a normally diploid cell or organism acquires one or more ...
Clam, 405, is oldest animal ever. It has been christened Ming and it's officially the oldest animal to have ever lived. A British scientific team discovered the 405-year-old clam, named after the Chinese dynasty and not the former Liberal Democrat leader, at the bottom of the ocean, and hope its longevity will reveal the secrets of ageing.
 Clam  is an informal term used to refer to any molluscans within Class Bivalvia.Remains first appeared in Cambrian age rocks 510 million years ago. They presently live in both freshwater and marine habitats, and range in adult size from nearly microscopic to the giant clam, which can weigh 200 kg (440 lb).he word clam is used in the idiom to clam up, meaning to refuse to talk or answer, based on the clam behaviour of quickly closing the shell when threatened. A  clamshell  is the name given to a container or mobile phone consisting of two hinged halves that lock together.