Parthenogenesis: Birth of a New Lineage or Reproductive Accident?

Parthenogenesis — the ability to produce offspring from unfertilized eggs — is widespread among invertebrates and now increasingly found in normally sexual vertebrates. Are these cases reproductive errors or could they be a first step in the emergence of new parthenogenetic lineages? Parthenogenesis...

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Published in:Current biology 2015-08, Vol.25 (15), p.R659-R661
Main Authors: van der Kooi, Casper J., Schwander, Tanja
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Endangered Species
Female
Male
Parthenogenesis
Skates (Fish) - physiology
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Summary:Parthenogenesis — the ability to produce offspring from unfertilized eggs — is widespread among invertebrates and now increasingly found in normally sexual vertebrates. Are these cases reproductive errors or could they be a first step in the emergence of new parthenogenetic lineages? Parthenogenesis — the ability to produce offspring from unfertilized eggs — is widespread among invertebrates and now increasingly found in normally sexual vertebrates. Are these cases reproductive errors or could they be a first step in the emergence of new parthenogenetic lineages?
ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.055