Losing the desire: selection can promote obligate asexuality.
Whilst parthenogenesis has evolved multiple times from sexual invertebrate and vertebrate lineages, the drivers and consequences of the sex-asex transition remain mostly uncertain. A model by Stouthamer et al. recently published in BMC Evolutionary Biology shows a pathway by which obligate asexualit...
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| description | Whilst parthenogenesis has evolved multiple times from sexual invertebrate and vertebrate lineages, the drivers and consequences of the sex-asex transition remain mostly uncertain. A model by Stouthamer et al. recently published in BMC Evolutionary Biology shows a pathway by which obligate asexuality could be selected for following endosymbiont infection. See research article http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/229. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:9f93e5fc-2315-4305-b55d-9a719c638a942022-03-27T00:58:53ZLosing the desire: selection can promote obligate asexuality.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:9f93e5fc-2315-4305-b55d-9a719c638a94EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordBioMed Central2010King, KHurst, GWhilst parthenogenesis has evolved multiple times from sexual invertebrate and vertebrate lineages, the drivers and consequences of the sex-asex transition remain mostly uncertain. A model by Stouthamer et al. recently published in BMC Evolutionary Biology shows a pathway by which obligate asexuality could be selected for following endosymbiont infection. See research article http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/229. |
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| title_short | Losing the desire: selection can promote obligate asexuality. |
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