Not so clonal asexuals: Unraveling the secret sex life of Artemia parthenogenetica
Abstract The maintenance of sex is paradoxical as sexual species pay the “twofold cost of males” and should thus quickly be replaced by asexual mutants reproducing clonally. However, asexuals may not be strictly clonal and engage in “cryptic sex,” challenging this simple scenario. We study the crypt...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021-04-01
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| Series: | Evolution Letters |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.216 |